( 436 ) 



reddish orange, convex outwardly, straight or concave proximall.v, obliqne, tapering 

 behind, sometimes stopping short at M', just entering apex of cell, measuring about 



2 mm. along R'. Hindwing : greater part of wing occupied by a large orange 



yellow patch which extends from costal margin to SM-, reaches nearly the base and 

 is rounded distally ; black outer border nearly 3 mm. broad in front, h mm. wide 

 between M- and SM-. 



Undersidp as above, but with scarcely any purple reflections : orange patches 

 larger than above, that of hindwing nearly reaching abdominal margin. 



?. Larger than J, the patches of the forewing large; subapical band extended 

 in front to near costal margin and posteriorly beyond M". Face fuscous with bine 

 gloss, Inteous only at mouth ; occiput darker than iu S, legs also more fuscous than 

 in 3 , the inner- and underside being luteous, the rest fnscons. 



R' of forewing from upper angle of cell, R- and R^ from a point or stalked 

 together, SC^ absent. 



Length of forewing : S, 10 mm. ; ? , 12 mm. 



Uab. Sndest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, April 18'.I8 (A. S. Meek), 'i SS, 

 ??. 



13. Caprima albifrons Rothsch., sp. nov. 



? . Body above black, somewhat glossy with metallic purple ; face white, 

 tegulae with a white or huffish dot in front of wings, inner- and underside of legs 

 clayish. 



Wings above black, slightly purplish in side-light. Forewing : a large yellow 



patch 1^ mm. from base, between costal and internal margins, its outer edge 

 forming almost a right angle, the point of which lies upon M at or near base of 

 M", width of patch 4A mm. along M, 2A mm. behind costal margin (extreme edge 

 of wing black), and 4 mm. at internal margin ; a second, orange rufous, patch in 

 apical area, strongly convex outwardly, straight or slightly rounded proximally, 

 between SG° and M", 3 mm. broad at R', its distal and costal edges parallel to 

 distal and costal margins of wing, the patch a little nearer the costal than the distal 



margin. Hindwing : a large yellow patch, as prolongation of the yellow patch 



of the forewing, occupies the basal half of the wing, but does not quite reach the 

 base, abdominal margin also remaining black ; it is triangular, the distal point of the 

 triangle near the tip of SM^, outer edge of patch slightly concave ; black outer 

 area 4 mm. wide in front. 



Underside black ; the yellow patches larger than above, that of forewing joined 

 along cell-vein to subapical patch, which is orange. 



? . Unknown. 



R', R', R' of forewing from cell. 



Length of forewing : $, 10 — 11 mm. 



Hab. New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago, February and March 1897 (Capt. 

 H. C. Webster), 4 Si. 



14. Caprima fragilis Rothsch., sp. nov. 



i . Body and legs yellow, meso- and meta-thorax above, and antennae black 

 with purplish metallic gloss, abdomen above (except four first tergites), black with 

 blue gloss. 



