f 7 ) 



brig-liter fulvous ; fringe with the basal half deep brown-hlack, teniiiiial half white, 

 cheijuered with brown boj-oiul the veins ; cell-spot obloni;', formed of dark scales, 

 preceded in cell of c? onl)' by a roundish hyaline spot. 



Hindwings : with basal fourth palo fulvous, a central curved brown band, 

 broader towards costa, separated by a curved fulvous fascia from the wholly darker 

 marginal third. 



The tints in the c? are throup'hout darker than in the ? ; the central costal 

 and subcostal areas are streaked witii grey scales in the S, the cell-spot being 

 likewise ringed with grey. 



Underside pale fawn-grey, speckled with darker, with a broad grey-brown 

 marginal band ; both wings with longitudinal rows of dark dots between the veins; 

 the cell- spots large and black ; large black blotches also below the origin of first 

 median nervule, united to cell-spots by red-brown scales, thus forming a short 

 oblique central streak ; inner marginal area of both wings below submarginal fold 

 without markings. Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous : undersnrface of antenual 

 involucre, and of first joiot of palpi, and the pi'ctus whitish; legs brown, the tarsi 

 cheiiuered with whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 5G mm. 



A pair from Woodlark Island, March 1807 (A. S. Meek). 



Also a ? from St. Aignan, September 1807, from the same collector. 



15. Pharambara subscripta sp. nov. 



Forewinc/s: dnll greyish brown, covered with small darker striae, forming 

 indistinct reticulations ; the fasciae darker, more clearly marked on costa and inner 

 margin, at one-fourth, one-half, and three-fourths respectively ; the last strongly 

 angled outwards towards middle of wing, in the direction of a small oval dark 

 blotch before the hindmargin ; four small dark costal blotches before apex ; fringe 

 concolorous. 



IIii}ilicings : without distinct fasciae ; the basal third paler, followed by a broad 

 darker shade, not reaching hindmargin except at anal angle. 



Underside with ground-colour pale, and all the striae and markings by contrast 

 darker and more distinct ; a row of black and lustrous metallic scales along the 

 median vein, and another along vein at base of the triangular projection of 

 the third fascia, which is also marked with ferruginous scales. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



One ? from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, June 1897 (Dr. Roth). 



Here also belongs the example which, in Nov. Zool. Vol. V. p. 224, I wrongly 

 referred to thiastoralis Wlk., from South America. 



Proterozeuxis gen. nov. 



Forewiiiys : elongate ; the costa insinuate in middle, strongly depressed at 

 apex ; hindmargin sinuate, strongly bowed below middle : inner margin faintly 

 sinuate. 



llinilwinys : small, triangular, the hindmargin sinuate, bulged at middle ; apex 

 subacute ; anal angle subtruncate. 



Abdomen (cJ) elongated, the anal segments with expansile tuft. Antennae {6) 

 shortly but distinctly pectinated, the pectinations thickened towards extremity and 



