(345) 



82. Cosmethis basiflava sp. nov. 



Fori'w/'tx/s : smoky slate-colunr, tlie lines ami markiii!i;s pnrjilish black ; two 

 diffuse curved lines near base, followed by a pale slate-coloured fascia, which is 

 wliitish ill the cell before the black cell-spot, which stands on a slightly curved 

 darker slate-coloured line ; a purplish black curved line beyond this, nearly in 

 middle, thickened on the veins, incurved at vein 2 ; a broad similarly curved 

 blackish postmediau band ; a submarginal series of loug lilack wedge-shaped 

 blotches between the veins, interrupted between veins 3 and 4 by a white blotch 

 extending from vein 8 to 3, the inner edge of which is vertical and straight, the 

 outer diffuse, the blotch widening between veins 3 and 4 and passing into slate- 

 colonr ; hindmargin diffusely purplish black ; fringe dark slate ; a large dnll 

 yellowish patch at base between median and submedian veins, extending slightly 

 beyond each. 



Hinduiiigs : without basal lines : two thick straight purplish black bands, 

 antemediau and median, enclosing the black cell-spot, the white blotch extending 

 only from vein to 3 ; two slight dull-yellow streaks on submeilian fold, one before 

 the antemediau, the other beyond the median band. 



Underside dull smoky purple, the cell-siaots large and darker ; the white 

 blotches similar in both wings ; both wings with paler spaces before the cell-spots. 

 Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen dull purplish slate-colour; abdomen 

 yellow ; pectus and legs all slate-colour. 



Expanse of wings : 78 mm. 



One ? from Great Kei, April 1808 (H. Kilhu). 



Distinguished from both hurhara Cram., and rosenbcrgi Pag., b}- the absence 

 of buff or yellow markings, except at base of forewings. 



83. Craspedosis flavimedia sp. nov. 



Forewini/s : black ; the middle third occupied by a broad orange fascia from 

 costa that does not quite touc:h the anal angle : fringe black. 



Hindicings : wholly black. 



Underside like upper, but duller. Head, thorax, and abdomen all black. 



Expanse of wings : S 40 mm. ; ? 52 mm. 



Four c? J, four ? ?, from Milne Bay, British New Guinea, November 1898 — 

 February 1890 (Meek). 



The orange blotch in the ? is paler and broader. 



84. Craspedosis sibilla sp. nov. 



Forewings : black, with a central curved white fascia from vein 6 to inner 

 margin, before which it is narrower, and below the submedian vein with only the 

 I inter half white. 



Him/ici/igs : with the fascia broader and nearly reaching costa, its inner edge 

 straight ; fringes black in both wings. 



Underside duller black, with the white fascia not reaching below vein 2 and 

 with slight dark striations. Head and thorax black ; abdomen black with yellow 

 segmental rings ; face and pectus yellowish. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One ? from Patani, Halmahera, November ISOtJ (Doherty). 



Allied to C. muHi/a Wlk. 



