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lliiidtcings : without the fuscous discal blotch ; the auteiuediau, postmediau, 

 and inner snbniarginal line at even distances apart, waved parallel to one another. 

 Underside white, with the base of costal area of forewings fnscous. 

 Face and palpi fuscous ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen white. 

 Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



1 S from Mysol, January lii99 (H. Kiihn). 



Very much like P. jdenicornis Warr. from Rossel Island ; but snfliciently 

 distinguished by the different position of the lines and the fuscous lilotch. 



Family URANIIDAE. 

 4. Stesichora inquinata sp. nov. 



Fori'iriiujK : white; cnsta with four or five distinct black spots near base and 

 three larger ones before apex, the innermost of these three sometimes donlile ; costa 

 in middle without spots, or, at most, with one or two small ones ; five ochreous 

 streaks or bands, not formed of striae ; one from base below subcostal vein, nearly 

 touching second at its extremity, which starts from oue-fiiurth of inner margin and 

 runs straight towards apex ; a narrower and shorter streak between veins 7 and 8 ; 

 third from three-fifths, fourth from four-fifths of inner margin, converging towards 

 apex ; a darker submarginal narrow band sometimes double, ending below apex in 

 two round black spots in a line with the apical spot ; fringe pure white without a 

 trace of dark basal line. 



llindiciiKjs : with basal, antemcdian, double postmediau, and submarginal 

 ochreous bands, the last slightly curved ; fringe white. 



Underside white, with a grey tip to forewing, and the costa slightly discoloured. 



Face and palpi black ; thorax and abdomen pure white. 



Expanse of wings : 4y — 50 mm. 



2 c?c?, 2 ? ? from Mysol, January 18D9 (H. Kuhn) ; closely allied to 5. 

 panidentata Warr. 



Family GEOMETRIDAE. 



Subfamily DYSPHANIINAE. 



5. Dysphania remota ^\'lk. 



?. Forcwim/.s: deep purple-black ; a broad white curved fascia from subcostal 

 to vein 1, from below one-third of costa to above two-thirds of inner margin ; at 

 two-thirds a narrow white subajiical fascia consisting of three spots between veins 

 4 and 7 ; the middle one preceded below subcostal vein by a small white dot. 



llindwings : purple, with a broad golden yellow fascia from inner margin at 

 anal angle reaching to vein and crossed by the purple veins ; a slight, almost 

 invisible, jiale spot in middle of cell. 



Underside like upper, but the subapieal white fascia entire and produced below 

 vein 4 interrui)tedly towards anal angle. 



Face, jialpi, and pectus yellowish; collar and vertex olive yellowish: thorax 

 jiurple; abdomen aliovc j)urple mixed with olive-yellow; beneath and at sides 

 deep red. 



Expanse of wings : 74 mm. 



1 ? from Mysol, January l<s9'.i (H. Klihu). 



Up to the present, as far as 1 know, only c? c? of AValker's Mysol species remota 



