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Smaller and uarrower-wiiigeil than trimeronalii Wlk., to which it is closely 

 related ; hindmargiu of t'orewings more obliq^ue, the apex being therefore less 

 rectangular. 



fi. Banisia hieroglyphica sp. nov. 



Forewings : shining whitish ochreous, with pale grey and dark brown markings 

 and reticulations ; an olive-grey basal patch, containing several tine darker lines ; 

 two olive-grey costal blotches ; the inner edge of the first forms a small deep brown 

 si>ot above the median vein and a larger balloon-shaped one ol)liqnely below it, 

 these two being sometimes confluent ; its outer edge and the inner edge of the 

 second costal spot approximate on the median ; this second spot is developed into the 

 usual bifurcate fascia, which is only slightly darker than the ground-colour except 

 the lower part of the inner arm below the median vein, which forms a deep brown 

 bifurcate Uotch from inner margin, its inner edge running in basewards towards the 

 basal patch ; apical triangular area brown, deep brown along its inner edge ; all 

 the pale interspaces with dark waved lines through them ; fringe glossy, ochreous 

 varied with brown. 



Hindwinc/s : darker, more suffused with brown, with many curved brown lines, 

 forming fasciae which are more distinct towards costa : of these the central one is 

 most prominent, and contains a lustrous grey discal spot beyond the discocellnlar. 



Underside brownish ochreous, with all the mottlings and fasciae dark and 

 distinct. Palpi, top of face, and forelegs bright ferruginous ; face itself, thorax, and 

 abdomen, shining ochreous-grey, the abdomen marked along the back with brown. 



Expanse of wings : 30—33 mm. 



Two ? ? from Milne Bav, British New Guinea, January and February 18U9 

 (A. S. Meek). 



Forewings with both outer and inner margin sinuous ; hindwings with the 

 margin produced at vein 7, excised strongly below it and bulging in the middle. 

 Easily distinguished by the pale ground-colour, and deep brown blotches. 



7. Banisia multifenestrata, \\'arr., Nov. Zool. III. p. 341 ((?). 



Banisia angustifascia Warr., Nov. Zool. IV. p. 378 (?). 



The type of angusti/aseia described from Ainboina is a ? and without the 

 hyaline spots of the c? ; it is undoubtedly only the other sex of multifi'nesfrata from 

 New Guinea. 1 have lately seen a series of four S S and three ? ? from Milne 

 Bay, New Guinea, collected by A. S. Meek, the ? ? of which cannot be separated 

 from angmtijmcia, which must therefore sink. 



8. Banisia ordinaria \Varr., Ann. Mag. X. 11. Ib'.tii, il. \). :i28. 



Banisia ordinaria Warr., Nov. ZooL. IV. p. 197 and aberrations. 



Four specimens received from A. S. Meek from Milne Bay, British New Guinea. 

 In two, a S and ? , the dark markings that characterise the aberrations hijphciiata 

 and nigristriata, from Queensland, are combined with several more, so that the 

 whole surface of the wings is mottled with oblong blackish spots. 



vt. Banisia rectiviata Warr., Nov. Zool. V. p. 5 ( ¥ ). 

 The c? of this species, like tetragonata Wlk., and multifenfistrata Warr., has 

 small hyaline spots which are absent in the ? . In the forewiug the hyaline spot 



