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NEW SPECIES OP THYRIBIDAE, URANIIBAE, vVND 

 GEOMETBJDAE, FROM THE ORIENTAL REGION. 



By W. WARIiEN, M.A., F.E.S. 



Family TlIYl! IDI DAE. 

 1. Banisia dohertyi ab. nigriflexa nov. 



Tliis differs from tyjiical tlnlurtyi Warr. (= stfuosoimi Hmpsii.) in having 

 ilecj) lilack markings on botli wings. In the forewing the second fascna, fmui behjw 

 tlie subcostal vein to inner margin, is jinrjilish black, the space between it and the 

 basal fascia also being darkened ; from its outside edge a purplish black streak runs 

 along upper half of cell below the subcostal vein, and is continued more narrowlj' 

 to above the wliite ajiical patch. On the hindwing the same two fasciae are 

 continued as purjilish lilack vertical bands to anal angle. 



2 (Jc? from the north sideof (Jhoiseul Island, Solomons, December \W?> (Meek). 



An almost exactly parallel instance of partial melanism occurs in the aberration 

 atiibamlis Warr. of Phammhura nitens Butler, recorded from New Guinea, 

 cf y;or. Zool. vi. p. 317 (ISmi). 



The type form of (lolwrfi/i ajipears to be widely distributed : if is reconled by 

 Hampson from Ceylon and Padang, Sumatra ; my type was from Bali ; and I iiave 

 since seen specimens from Isabel Island, Solomons ; from Upjier Aroa River, New 

 (Juinea : and from Mulgrave Iliver, Cairns, (Queensland (the last from the Barnard 

 ( 'uliection). 



''■ Banisia plagiata spec. nov. 



FovfiriiKj : jiale ochreous, tinged and reticulated with pale red-brown : costal 

 streak and fascia-form markings deep brown ; these are a uiirrow band near base, 

 a vertical antemedian fascia, slightly broader above, a sinuate postmedian fascia 

 mnch broader above middle, a curved band from before apex to middle of hind- 

 margin, and a square lilotch at anal angle ; between the submediau fold and vein 2 

 a pale spot on each side of the outer fascia is hyaline white, and the pnlc ajiical 

 blotch is subhyaline ; fringe dark brown. 



Himhcing : with a narrow band near liase, a bifurcate fascia in middle, a 

 narrow postmedian and snbapical band dark brown ; the sjiaces in middle of wing 

 round I lie liifnrcate fascia semihyaline white. 



Underside similar. 



Head, thorax, and anal lialf of abdomen dark brown; vertex liglitcr ; basal 

 half of abdomen pale ochreous, dusted with reddish, and with the dorsum dark. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



1 (J from south side of Choiseul Ishmd, Solomons, IJecember 19U3 (Meek), 



Genus Canaea Walk. 



This geuQs, made by Walker for ,-i(7////t's«t7/rt^a, from Borneo (cf. Joiini. Linn. 

 Soc. vii. p. 73), is differentiated from all other genera of Tlti/rididae. with whicii 

 I iim accjuainted by the structure of tiie antennae of the i . These are pectinated, 



