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cadmiuin-yellow, rosy-edged spot on DC-~^ ; ground-colour only touching ter- 

 men in a slender point at M' and not encroaching on to the fringe ; the rosy line 



which separates the purple and yellow colours narrowed. Hindwinq broader 



than in aurimargo, the angle at M' not quite so strong ; boundary of ground- 

 colour corresponding to that of forewing. 



Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3,500 ft., 

 October — December 1910 (A. S. Meek). Type in coll. Tring Museu n. Also 

 from New Britain in the same collection. 



11. Chrysocraspeda phaedra sp. nov. 



?, 21-23 mm. Sinilar to aurimargo Warr. and auristigma Prout {supra), 

 Face purple. 



Forewing fairly broad, termen jDOsteriorly less oblique than in both the 

 species named ; SC arising much before SC^ (in auristigma very little before), 

 R- much nearer to R' than to R^ (in auristigma and aurimargo normal) ; ground- 

 colour brighter, here and there mixed with wine-purple, especially in costal 

 region ; yellow border broader, narrowing to apex and tornus ; projection of 

 ground-colour between R^ and M' strong, nearly but not quite reaching termen 

 at M' ; the yellow, red-ringed cell-spot variable in size, nearly as broad as long. 



Hindwing rather broad, the termen waved, gibbous, but without marked 



angle at M', the prominence being equally strong at W and at M' ; boundary 

 of ground-colour corresponding to that of forewing. 



Underside much brighter than in the allies, almost clear wine-purple ; ceU- 

 marks weak or obsolete. 



Mount Riu, 2,000 ft., Sudest Island, April 1916 (Eichhorn bros.). 2 $$ in 

 coll. Tring Museum. 



12. Somatiiia transvehens sp. nov. 



cj ?, 25-27 mm. Face and vertex black. Palpus black, whitish beneath. 

 Antenna with shaft light brown, a few blackish scales at base ; in (J with strong 

 teeth or i-udimentary pectinations, surmounted by fascicles of long cilia. 

 Thorax and abdomen white, the latter somewhat irrorated with brown. Hind- 

 tibia in <J rather strongly dOated, spurless ; tarsus abbreviated. 



Foreiving shaped nearly in omicraria F. ( = cana Hmpsn.), the termen rather 

 smoother, pcrhajjs slightly less oblique ; areole simple, SC arising from or just 

 before its apex, SC very shortly stalked with SC" * ; white ; costal edge as far 

 ■ as postmedian line very narrowly blackish fuscous ; first line obsolete ; ceU-patch 

 light brown, narrow, especially at its ends, but forming virtually a complete 

 band across the wing, only slightly interrupted between M" and fold, inter- 

 ruptedly edged with silvery scales ; the thickest part of the band is somewhat 

 indented on its edges, especially distally, and swells to over \'5 mm. width about 

 R' — M' ; distal markings nearly as in omicraria, the proximal submarginal shade 

 rather stronger, more definitely broken into subtriangular interneural spots. 



Hindwing with termen rather more regularly rounded than in omicraria ; 



markings corresponding to those of forewing, but with the discal band almost 

 obsolete anteriorly to SC and R' ; some silvery dots near abdominal margin. 



Underside white ; costal edge of forewing with smoky tinge ; terminal 

 dots indicated, at least anteriorly. 



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