BY E. MEVRICK. 291 



apical aiva and margins of ocellus marked with purplish-leaden 

 striga^, between which the ground-colour is obscurely marbled 

 with dull fulvous, costa with four oblique blue-leaden strigulae 

 rising from minute white dots ; two minute whitish dots on 

 termen above middle, and one below it : celia dark purplish- 

 fuscous, with blackish subbasal line. Hindwings deep orange ; 

 apex and upper part of termen rather broadly suffused with 

 dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex greyish- 

 tinged, with dark fuscous subbasal line. 



New Guinea : Sariba I. (Meek) ; two specimens. 



434. L. thctnarcha, n.sp. 



cf • 12 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, face yellow. 

 Palpi yellow, base fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen rounded, rather oblique ; dark fuscous ; a broad clear 

 yellow fascia before middle, strigulated with black on costa; 

 costa posteriorly blackish, with four whitish strigulae, whence 

 rise purplish-leaden-metallic oblique strigae ; ocellus obscurely 

 edged with purplish-leaden-metallic ; two minute whitish dots 

 on termen above middle, and one below it : cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with darker subbasal 

 line. 



Q. : Cairns (Dodd) ; one specimen. Differs from the pre- 

 ceding in the yellow fascia being nearer base, as well as in the 

 colour of hindwings and abdomen. 



435. L. mediana Walk. 



{Tospitis inediana Walk., Cat. xxxv., 1798.) 

 Solomon Is. : Shortlands I., Isabel I., Florida, Choiseul, 

 Gizo (Meek) — New Guinea: Sariba I., Sudest I. (Meek). 



436. L. ?nartia, n.sp. 



cf 9 • ■^■10 nam. Head fulvous. Palpi porx-ected, ochreous, 

 tinged with orange towards apex, second joint sometimes 



