( 4ao ) 



Underside as above, but the red snbapical patch smaller. 

 ? . Forewing shorter than in S ; preanal aternites not white ; legs less extended 

 white, anterior coxa brown. 



Length of forewing : 11 to 14 mm. 



n. C. biguttata biguttata. 



6 ? . "Wliite band of hiudwiug extending to SIP, or beyond. 



Hab. New Guinea: Milne Bay, 2 tJtJ, 3 ? 9, November and December 1898, 

 January 1899, type: November 1898 (A. S. Meek); Kapanr, Januarv 1897 

 (W. Doherty), 1 9 ; AVoodlark, April 1897 (A. S. Meek), 1 J, 19. 



The Woodlark 9 has the white band slightly reduced. 



b. C. biguttata reducta suljsp. uov. 



9. \\'iiitc band of the hindwiug stopping at SM- : that of the forewing also 

 narrower than in the preceding form. On the underside the baud of the hindwiug 

 is much wider than on the upper. iSubapical white sjiot rather larger than in 

 big. biguttata. 



Hab. New Hanover, February to March 1897 (Webster), 3 9 9. 



28. Caprimima occidentalis sp. nov. 



Similar to the preceding species, Ijut differs as follows. 



6 9 . Antenna scaled white distally. Forecoxa black in both sexes. Forewing 

 with the inner margin longer, the outer margin being consequently less oblique, 

 white band gradually narrowed to costal margin, extending to, or beyond, C ; no 



white spot at the inner side of the coppery patch. Hindwing: white area 



extending to base and abdominal margin. 



Lengtli of forewing : 10 to 12 mm. 



Hab. Nias, 2 c?cJ {ti/pe), 1 ? ; Engano, September 1890 (W. Doherty), 1 9. 



The Engano 9 is the smallest examjile, and has the black border nf the hindwing 

 rather broader than the Nias specimens. 



In this species and biguttata the episternum of the metasternum is obviously 

 ribbed transversely, which character is not found, or not so apparent, in tlie other 

 species of Caprimima. 



29. Caprimima calida. 



9 . Caprima calida Hampson, I.e. p. 287. u. G03 (1900). 



Forecoxa white in S : yellow areas of wings rather more extended than in 9 . 



a. C. calida tenuis subsji. nov. 



6 9 . Resembles in colour almost exactly the 9 of Scaptesi/le tricolor. 



Forewing, above, yellow area reaching nearly to lower angle of cell, black border of 



this area very narrow. Hindwiug : a trace of black scaling at the base, abdomiual 



margin yellow ; black distal border about 2 mm. wide in front, less than 1 mm. 

 from M" to anal angle. 



Hab. Loebee Rajah, W. Sumatia, April to May 1897 (Ericsson), 1 c? {ti/pe) ; 

 Kiua Balu, N. Borneo, 1 9. 



