(433) 



tbe white baud and tlie bine submarginal dots, and are situated upon the veins 

 like the submarginal ones, not between. On hindwing the central white spot stands 

 separate from the cross-veins, the second white spot is more transverse, being 

 narrower than in aequalis, the two spots farther apart, a heavy blue streak at 

 base upon M. On the underside, the hindwing is devoid of blue discal spots ; 

 the brush of hairs upon M of the forewing partly yellow. 



Length of forewing : J, 18 mm. ; ?, 19 mm. 



Hab. Kapaur, Dutch N. Guinea, December 1896 to January 1897 (W. Doherty), 



1 (? {type) : Milne Bay, Brit. N. Guinea, December 1898 (A. S. Meek), 2 cJcf ; 

 Queensland, 1 cJ, 2 ? ?. 



AGANAIDAE. 



7. Asota albiluna Rotlisch., sp. uov. 



<?. Similar to A. versicolor Don., but forewing, above, with one small white 

 costal spot at base, separated by a heavy black spot from a white band of H mm. 

 width, which expands between costal margin and SM- ; instead of the discal band 

 of versicolor there is a white half-moon upon the cross-veins, about 4J mm. long, 



2 mm. broad ; on underside the half-moon is much smaller ; abdomen below with 

 a series of black dots on each side which are not fused to bands ; harpe of clasper 

 less spoon-shaped than in versicolor. 



Length of forewing : <? , 28 mm. 



Hab. Milne Bay, Datch N. Guinea, October 1898 (A. S. Meek), 1 cJ. 



ZYGAENIDAE. 

 8. Aphantocephala centralis Rothsch., sp. nov. 



<? ?. Body dark greenish blue above and below, glossy, somewhat purplish, 

 especially the underside of the abdomen. 



Wings above like body, each with a white patch in centre ; patch of forewing 

 in or before middle, longer than broad, not reaching either costal or internal margin ; 

 patch of hindwing also not reaching the edges of the wing, often ill-defined, some- 

 times indistinct. 



Underside less blue than upperside, patches as above, but a little larger and 

 generally clearer defined. 



Subcostals of forewing individually variable in position, SC° absent ; R^ and 

 R' from a point or shortly stalked, R' sometimes stalked with SC'"* ; R^ of 

 hindwing absent, upper cross-vein at right angles to C. 



Length of forewing : 9 — 13i mm. 



Hab. New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, d'Entrecasteaux Islands, and Wood- 

 lark Island ; several subspecies, as follows : — 



8a. A. centralis centralis Rothsch. 



cf. Patch of hindwing aboze distinct, on underside extending to C ; patch of 

 forewing 2 to 3 mm. broad, proximal of base of M-. 



Length of forewing : <? ?, 11—12 mm. 



Hab. Milne Bay (type), November 1898 and January 1899 (A. S. Meek), 

 C i^'^i, 2 ? ? ; Fergusson Island and d'Entrecasteaux Islands, November and 

 December 1894 (A. S. Meek), 5 tJc^ ; Woodlark Island (A. S. Meek), 1 ?. 



