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'.ni. Ectropis hypochromaria. 



Foreicinys : greenish ochreous, dnsted with fine hlackish atoms; the costa 

 marked with very fine striae and black spots at the origin of tlie lines ; first 

 obscure, from costa at one-fourth to inner margin near base ; outer line from 

 two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, somewhat irregularly waved, incurved 

 below median vein and forming an inward sinus on submedian fold, closely 

 approaching a dark sinuous median shade which touches the ocelloid cell-spot ; 

 all three lines partially doubled by a dark shade, especially the outer line, the 

 outer shade of which has a strongly marked dentate edge containing a dark 

 blotch below vein 7, and running to costa at four-fifths ; submargiiial pale, waved, 

 interrupted, with dark clouds before and beyond it, and a blackish blotch from 

 it to hindmargin below vein 7 : marginal spots black ; fringe concolorous. 



Hhulwings: without first line; the median double line broader and dilTiise, 

 the shade beyond outer line forming a dark blotch on inner margin. 



Underside dingy ochreous, with the markings and round cell-sjiots obscurely 

 darker; a dift'use submargiual dark cloud. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; 

 the abdomen with a black band at base. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



Two S i from Milne Bay, British New Guinea, February 1899 (A. S. Meek). 



The pectus, femora, base of abdomen and anal segments are all thickly clothed 

 with hair ; the hind-tibiae much swollen, with a pencil of hairs, and four short 

 spurs, the tarsi short. 



'J7. Ectropis rufibrunnea sp. nov. 



Forewiiic/s : reddish brown, varied with paler, and thickly black-speckled, 

 especially along the veins ; costa dotted with black ; the lines marked mainly 

 by black dots on the veins, and starting from larger blackish costal spots ; first 

 from one-fourth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, followed by a slightly paler 

 fascia ; median line outcurved below costa, then oblique to one-third of inner 

 margin ; outer line from two-thirds of costa, outcurved at veins (i and .">, then 

 obliiine and closely approaching median line on submedian fold, to middle of 

 inner margin : submarginal line wavy, whitish, followed by a dark patch between 

 veins 6 and 7, above which the apex is paler ; fringe red-brown, a diffuse red- 

 brown cloud on discocellular. 



Ilindiriiui-s : the same, but without first line, and with the basal area paler. 



Underside dull cinereous, mottled with darker; both wings with large dark 

 cell-spot and smoky dark submarginal fiiscia; costa of forewings ochreous strigulatetl 

 with fuscous ; the apex paler. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; palpi dark, 

 with the tips pale ; face dark brown, paler below ; legs blackish with the joints 

 ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 4o mm. 



One cj from Mackay, Queensland. 



Distitiguishcd from the other sjK'cies of the genus by its red-brown coloration 

 and somewhat stouter build. 



