192 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. 



by whitish, curved slightly waved dark medial line, curved double waved 

 red-brown postmedial line, and waved subterniinal line. 



Hai>. Bismarck Arch., Admiralty Is. (Meek), 1 $ type. Exp. 30 mill. 



Odontodinae. 

 The geaua Odontodes Guen. 1852, type akuca, is the oldest in the subfamily. 



6451o. Nigramma rubripictalis n. sp. 



ij. Head and thorax oUve-grey, the vertex of head and dorsum of tegulae 

 with sUght red-brown streak, the patagia mostly dark red-brown and leaden grey 

 towards extremity and the metathorax with some dark red-brown scales ; 

 antennae dark red-brown except above towards base ; sides of frons and palpi 

 suffused with red-brown ; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tibiae and tarsi suffused with red- 

 brown. Forewing whitish tinged with olive-green and irrorated with red-brown, 

 the medial area below the cell and the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; 

 a diffused curved red-brown subbasal line ; antemedial Une indistinctly double, 

 red- brown, shghtly waved, the outer Hne with small tufts of black-brown scales 

 on it in and below the cell ; a double slightly curved red-brown medial hne ; 

 reniform defined by red-brown and wth dark patch in centre ; postmedial line 

 indistinct, double, red-brown, shghtly waved, the outer line with three black 

 points on it from below costa to cUscal fold, a red-brown shade before it on 

 costal area ; the red- brown terminal area defined on inner side by a deeper 

 red-brown spot below costa, then a very shghtly waved hne ; subterminal line 

 white defined on outer side by red-brown and blackish points, shghtly angled 

 outwards below vein 7, then very shghtly waved ; a terminal series of deep 

 red-brown striae defined on inner side by white ; a fine deep rtd- brown hne 

 at base of ciha. Hindv\ing whitish suffused with red-brown, the ciha whiter 

 except at base. Underside whitish suffused with red-brown. 



Hab. Lonisiade Is., St. Aignan I. (Meek), 1 ^ type. Exp. 22 mill. 



6452. Nigramma perstrialis n. sp. 



5. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with deep rufous and some 

 dark brown ; anteimae dark brown, red-brown towards base ; palpi whitish 

 tinged with red-brown ; abdomen pale red-brown with blackish dorsal spots 

 on two basal segments ; pectus and legs whitish mixed with red-brown ; ventral 

 surface of abdomen white. Forewing ochreous suffused with deep rufous and 

 slightly irrorated with dark brown, a deep rufous fascia below the cell and vein 

 5 from base to termen, and a fascia from upper angle of cell to apex ; a dark 

 streak on basal part of vein 1 ; a black antemedial point on costa and another 

 in middle of cell ; reniform very indistinctly defined by blackish points above, 

 its lower part filled in with dark brown and whitish ; a postmedial series of 

 blackish points, obhque from costa to vein 6, then inwardly obUque ; a sub- 

 terminal series of minute black spots, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and 

 shghtly curved ; a series of small black spots before termen defined on inner 

 side by white ; the terminal part of inner margin suffused with dark brown ; 

 cilia with two fine black-brown lines through them. Hindwng wliitish suffused 

 with red-brown, the terminal area with darker brown, the costal area white 



