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83. Euproctis aroa spec. nov. 



?. Head and thorax rnfons brown, abdomen red with a whitish anal tuft. 



Primary reddish brown, with basal area darker and a broad postmedial indetinite 

 band and less broad terminal area of darker colour, the veins in the latter area 

 showing pale. Secondary orange yellow. Underside uniform orange yellow, with 

 the termen of both wings dusky in the nerve interspaces. 



Expanse : 64 mm. 



Hab. Aroa R., February. 



The type is in the Tring Museum. 



84. Euproctis nigroapicalis spec. nov. (PL IV. f. 34). 



(?. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown. 



Primary orange j'ellow with the basal and medial areas thickly irrorated with 

 blackish, the costal, apical, and terminal areas suffused with blackish, with the 

 veins showing slightly red, the tornus and a spot in the cell only having the 

 orange-yellow ground-colour free from suffusion. Secondary with the costa and 

 apex bright orange red, the rest of the wing being deep black, fringe showing 

 slightly orange. 



The underside is exactly like the upperside, except that the primary has 

 no basal or medial irroration. 



Expanse : 37 mm. 



Hab. Aroa R., March ; one specimen. 



The type is in the Tring Museum. 



85. Euproctis irregularis spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 14), 



(J. Head and thorax ochreous grey, abdomen brownish grey. 



Primary greenish grey, considerably irrorated with darker grey, with an 

 antemedial curved irregular blackish stripe, and a similar subterminal stripe 

 beginning in a blackish subapical patch, the line receding near the inner 

 margin, edged outside with yellowish scales. Secondary pale greyish without 

 markings. 



Expanse : 32 mm. 



Hab. Dinawa, Aroa R., September. 



The type is in my collection. 



86. Euproctis albociliata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 2). 



c?. Head, thorax, and antenna3 olive brown, abdomen black with bright yellow 

 terminal segment and anal tuft. 



Primary uniform olive brown with a white quadrate spot at the end of the 

 cell, and the termen narrowly white with white fringes. Secondary bright yellow, 

 with small basal area black extending slightly down the inner margin. 



Underside of both wings yellow, with the inner margin of the secondary 

 slightly black. 



Expanse : 63 mm. 



Hab. Ekeikei, January. 



The tyi)e is in my collection. 



