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Uu the uudersklc tlie apical rcgicm of the Ibrcwing more or less i'uscons ; there 

 are also fuscons scales at the costal margin of the himlwing from middle to apex, 

 and sometimes the outer-marginal region of the liindwing is also dusted over with 

 fuscous scales. 



The antennae are without lateral grooves in the vwle. The clasjier and harpe 

 of the mule are of a pecnliar structure in this species : the clasper is slender, tiipering 

 to a point, instead of being sole-shaped as in the other species of Asota ; it is raised 

 into a keel in its middle line ; the harpe is three times as long as in A. heliconia, 

 constricted near the base, then dilated and then gradually narrowed to a point, thus 

 having somewhat the aj)pearance of a knife with handle. 



Hub. N. Britain, 2 S,l ? ; N. Ireland, 4 J, 1 ? ; Australia (?). K. J. 



10. Asota versicolor. 



The white transverse postmedian band of the forewing distinguishes this 

 species from all otlier species of Asotn. The antennae arc as in ixiphoa und allies. 

 There are at least two geographical forms distinguishable, jierhaps three, of which 

 the New Guinea one is the first described. 



II. A. versicolor versicolor. 



(?) Noctua versicolor Fabricius, Ent. Si/st. III. 2. p. 49. n. 1.S4 (1793) (■' in Aiuericau Insiilis "). 



Xoctua versicolor var. Donovan, Ins. -V. I/oll. t. 39. f. ^ (1805). 



Aganais cersicolor, Boisduval, Voi/. Astrolabe, Lip. p. 250. n. 5 (1832) (N. Guinea). 



Agannis eusemioidcs Felder, Ri'ise Nocara, Lc/j. II. t. lOG. £. 1 (1874) (N. Guinea). 



Ilypsa versicolor, Walker, List Lrp. Hit. B. .U. 11. p. 45;t (1854) (N. Guinea) ; Butl., Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. p. 323. n. 32 ( 1875) (N. Guinea) ; Snell., Tijdschr. r. Ent. XXXI. p. 127. n. 7 (1888) (N. 

 Guinea ; Salawatti ; 'New Holland '' loc. err.) ; Swinh., Git. Lep. JJet. Ox/. I. p. 91. n. 403 

 (1892) (N. Guinea) ; Pagenst., in Senion, Forschuwjsreisen V. p. 214. n. 33 (1895) (N. Guinea). 



Milhi/psa ensemioides (!), Butler, I.e. p. 324 (1875). 



Ilypsa eusemioides, Butler, Ann. Mag. .V. H. (5). X. p. 159 (1882). 



Uypsa eusemoides (!), Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bet. I. p. 389. n. 28 (1892) (Papua ; •' Australia " loc. err.). 



The description given b\- Fal)ricius does not fit this insect, and as the lml)itat 

 " in Americae Insulis " also does not agree with that of the present species, Donovan 

 must be quoted as " the author " of Anota versicolor. 



The band of the forewing is in the tnale somewhat narrower than in the female. 

 The black dorsal spots of the abdomen are often enlarged to hulf-rings. In the speci- 

 mens from Huou Golfe, (ierman New (iuinea, the underside of the hiudwing bears a 

 small patch of white scales in the anal region beyond vein 2; this patch is more often 

 marked in the female than in the male, and occurs also sometimes in individuals 

 from Constantinhafen. 



Three of our six males from Fergnsson Island have the band of the forewing 

 very narrow, and ccjnstricted at vein 2, and are not distinguishable from certain 

 specimens of the following subspecies; a fourth imde is very interesting, as it has a 

 narrow band on the left wing and a broad one on the right wing. 



llab. N. and S.W. Dutch New Guinea, 5 (J, 5? ; Sahiwatti: German N. (Juinea, 

 23 (?, 12 ? ; Fergnsson I., D'Eutrecasteau.\ Is. (A. 8. Meek, iSeiJtember to December 

 1894), V> i,\ ? . Not yet recorded from British N. Guinea (mainland) ; ajjparently 

 not occurring in Australia. K. J. 



