( 1"8 ) 



middle of inner margin, its npper arm forming three sharp teeth on the veins ; third 

 line fine, dcntate-lnnnlate, from thrce-fourtlis of costa to thrcc-fonrths of inner 

 margin, rnnning outwards to vein 0, then curved; a thick dark brown bar from apex 

 to anal angle ; all these markings lose their colour and are seen as slight!}' darker 

 grey lines through the dull scales of the lower area ; fringe pale yellow, black- 

 brown from apex to vein C. 



IlinJiriiufs: wholly greyish fawn-colonr, the markings of the underside showing 

 faintly through ; space between basal jiatch and first line, and the costal half only 

 of space between first and second line paler, semi-transparent ; fringe pale yellow. 



Underside of forewings pale yellow along costal half, whitish below; the origin 

 of the lines marked on costa by purple spots ; the broad upper arm of second line 

 only marked in dull purple ; third line marked by purplish spots on the veins ; the 

 dark marginal bar forming two deep purple spots at ajjex, then interrupted, and 

 marked below by a purplish grey streak. Hindwings pale yellow, with a basal 

 patch, a short antemediau blotch on inner margin, a dentate-lunulatc curved median 

 and postmedian line and an abbreviated submarginal line greyish purple ; both 

 wings with purjilish cell-spots, which are also visible above. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen yellow ; outside of palpi, upper half of face, crown of vertex, front of 

 shoulders, and edges of abdominal segments orange ; legs and abdomen beneath 

 pale yellowish. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



1 6 from Poeh Mts., Sarawak, August 1892 (Everett). 



A remarkably curious insect, not closely allied to any described species. 



Subfamily BRACCINAE. 

 l'^. Bursadopsis apicipuncta sp. nov. 



Fort'whtgs : brown-black ; with two orange blotches ; one small, lying on the 

 median vein towards base of cell, containing a few black striae ; the second large, 

 obovate, placed just beyond the middle of wing, running from subcostal vein to 

 vein 2 ; fringe concolorons ; on the costa just before apex is a small bright 

 yellow spot. 



Ilimhriiitjs : orange ; the costal margin narrowly, the hindmargin broadly 

 bordered with black ; this black, at the anal angle, swells out into a rounded 

 projection. 



Underside similar. Face, paljji, antennae, thorax, and abdomen above, black ; 

 abdomen with an orange lateral stripe ; legs all dark, except the fore-coxae which 

 with the pectus are yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 c? from Stephansort, German New Guinea. 



Nearest to Bursadopsis basalts Warr. from Obi, but without the black at base 

 of hindwings. 



SinKAMiLY ABRAXINAE. 



111. Obeidia diversicolor sp. nov. 



J'orcwiiKjs ! orange, covered with smoky fuscous spots and blotches, whicli 

 becoming confluent tend to hide the ground colour ; along the cell and the sub- 

 median interspace these spots are generally wholly confluent, and along the outer 



