( 418 ) 



22. Trichocerosia elongata sp. nov. 



d. Frous black ; tarsi less extended }-ellow than in atri/ulva. Wings much 

 narrower than in the preceding species. Forewing, above : orange colour reduced, 

 the patch not extending to inner margin, and not reaching beyond middle of cell. 

 Hindwing : black, except an orange patch along costal margin from base halfway 

 to apex, limited behind by M. 



?. Larger than 6, wings broader — but narrower than in atri/ulca ; orange 

 patch of forewing reduced as in c?, that of hindwing larger, extending backwards 

 to (SMI). 



Length of forewing : 84 to Oi mm. 



Hab. St, Aignan, Louisiade Archipelago, October 1807 (A. S. Meek), 1 t? 



23. Trichocerosia woodlarkiana sp. nov. 



tJ ? . Resembling elongata, wings nai'rower, especially in ? . 



Forewing, above: the orange patch reaching bej-ond middle of cell, extended to 

 costal margin — which is black in the two preceding species — its outer edge first 

 nearly straight down to near M', turning basad at a right angle till it reaches SM-, 

 then curving towards inner margin. Orange area of hindwing, aboee, as in elongata, 

 but dilated basally, reaching in <S beyond M, and in ? to abdominal margin. 



Length of forewing : 9 to 10 mm. 



Hab. Woodlark, March and April 1897, also in 1895 (A. S. Meek), 2 JcJ, 

 2 ? ? ; t_i/pe : <S, April. 



In one of the two ? ? SO" is stalked with R' on the left wing, while it is 

 stalked with SC on the right. 



24. Trichocerosia signata sp. nov. 



?. Blackish brown, mesothoracic tegula with an orange spot, tarsi yellow, 

 except at apes. 



Wings, abocc. Forewing, black : a large orange patcli from near base to 



MS rounded distally, not reaching either costal or inner margin : a smaller 

 subapical patch, slightly deeper in tint, rounded triangular, situated between R^ 

 and SC'° ; a minute snbmarginal dot before M-. 



Hindwing orange, base and abdominal margin narrowly black, black distal 

 border about 1 A mm. broad in front, strongly narrowing auad. The subbasal and 

 the subapical patches of the forewing rather more extended below than above. 



Length of forewing ; 91 mm. 



Hab. Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, April 1898 (A. S. Meek), 1 ?. 



CAPRIMIMA. 



Hampsou's Section I. of this genus, Lep. Phal. II. pp. 286. 561. (1900), is 

 nearer allied to the typical Scaptosyle {tricolor, ixias, mirahilis, bicolor) than to 

 the Sect. II. of Caprtmima, and can be distinguished from the latter section by the 



more proximal position of M- lioth on fore- and hindwing. The character ]>y 



which these Sects. I. and II. are said by Hampson to be distinguished from one 

 another is taken from an abnormal individual, veins lu and 11 being well separated 

 in all our S 6- 



