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Below the wings are a peculiar sooty brown, with the same area yellow as 

 above ; all the veins stand out ochreous on the dark ground. 



Expanse : 41 to 45 mm. 



Hab. Dinawa, August. 



This may be a subspecies of venom "Wlk., and is not unlike the form 

 occurring in Sikliim and Silhet, but has much more yellow on the hindwing, 

 and, as far as our series goes, it is quite constant, and is much smaller than 

 any local form that I can trace the records of. It appears to be a fairly common 

 insect in the Owen Stanley Range. 



39. Scopelodes nitens spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 51). 



Head pale smoky grey, palpi slightly darker, brush grey with whitish tips, 

 finely tipi)ed with grey ; thorax whitish, abdomen uuicolorous, shiniug ochreous, 

 legs pale smoky grey. 



Primary pale shining brownish grey. Secondary very pale ochreous grey. 



Expanse : 42 mm. 



The type is in my collection from Dinawa. 



40. Birthama dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 33), 



¥. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, and antennae darkish red-brown. 



Primary with the basal two-thirds reddish, edged by a very obli(pie pale 

 stripe from near the apex to the centre of the inner margin, followed by a 

 broad dark oblique parallel stripe, beyond which the wing is quite pale pinkish 

 brown. Secondary uniform dusky reddish brown. 



Expanse : 32 mm. 



The type is in my collection from Dinawa, August. 



More material might prove this insect to be a subspecies of obliqua Wlk., 

 but the colouring is abundantly distinct. 



41. Contheyla pratti spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 46). 



(?. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, and antennae dark red-brown, thorax 

 and abdomen rough and hairy. 



Primary with three-quarters of the wing dark red-browu, edged by a fine 

 oblique darker line angulated basewards on vein 5, the posterior a.rea beyond 

 this paler reddish brown ; below the cell, beyond its centre, are two obscure 

 blackish spots below each other. Secondary dull paler reddish brown. 



Expanse : 46 mm. 



Hab. Dinawa, August. 



42. Contheyla ekeikei spec nov. 



S. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown. 



Primary reddish brown, with a small dark spot at the end of the cell, 

 followed by an oblique dark stripe ; here and there are a few isolated super- 

 imposed dark scales. Secondary uniform paler reddish brown. 



Expanse : 32 mm. 



Ilab. Ekeikei, March and April. 



The tyjje is in my collection. 



