342 Dr. L. Melichar. 



signatifrons Walk. 



Nogodina signatifrons Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., X, pag. 164, 207 (1870). 



cT. Picea, capite, thorace, abdomine subtus pedibusque fulvis, fronte tricarinata 

 nigro guttata punctata et bivittata, mesothorace tricarinato piceo-bivittato, alis anticis 

 litura costali lurida strigaque alba contiguis, venis transversis plurimis, alis posticis luridis 

 fusco late marginatis. 



cT. Piceous. Head, thorax, abdomen beneath, and legs tawny. Vertex slightly 

 dilated on each side, four times as broad as long, with prominent borders; front nearly 

 twice as long as broad, with three keels, of which the middle one is short and slight, 

 and the pair converge towards the face; sides prominent, slightly rounded in front; 

 Space between the keels and the border adorned on each side with a line of black dots, 

 with a exterior line of black points, and with a more exterior black stripe; face with 

 three keels, the middle one much more prominent than the lateral pair, which are 

 curved. Prothorax much arched. Mesothorax with an irregulär piceous stripe on each 

 side, and with three keels, of which the lateral pair are diverging and bent. Fore wings 

 with very numerous transverse veins, of which the submarginal line is regulär and con- 

 tinuous; a small lurid costal mark contiguous to a little white streak, which is con- 

 nected with a shghtly undulating ridge of transverse veins, Hind wings lurid, broadly 

 bordered with brown. 



Length of the body 3^/2 lines, of the wings 10 hnes. 



New Guinea. 



Dürfte zur Gattung Mindura gehören. 



Simplex Walk. 



Flatoides simplex Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., X, pag. 148, 165 (1870). 



Ist nach der Kopfform (capite subascendente) und Beschaffenheit der Flügeldecken 

 (alis albidis fere hyalinis) eine Flatidenart. 



Simplex Walk. 



Ricania simplex Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., X, pag. 144, 168 (1870). 



9. Nigra, fronte tricarinata, facie testacea, prothorace unicarinato; mesothorace 

 quinquecarinato, pedibus testaceis, alis anticis piceo-nigris, denso bifasciatis macula 

 costali alba, alis posticis obscure fuscis venis marginalibus duabus furcatis. 



$. Black. Head piceous, with slightly prominent borders; vertex very short; front 

 very much broader than long, rounded on each side, with three keels, the middle keel 

 not extending to the vertex nor to the face, the keel on each side much curved, extend- 

 ing to the vertex, but not to the face; face testaceous. Prothorax slightly arched, four 

 times as broad as long, with one keel, hiding part of the vertex. Mesothorax with five 

 keels, the inner pair connected in front, the outer pair very short. Legs testaceous. 

 Fore wings piceous black, with two aeneous bands, of which one is postmedial and the 

 other marginal; a white elongated dot on the costa beyond the middle; transverse veins 

 irregulär, excepting some which form two complete lines beyond the rest; transverse 

 costal veins parallel, very few of them forked; apical veins forked. Hind wings dark 

 brown, with a few transverse veins and with two forked marginal veins. 



Length of the body 4 lines, of the wings 12 lines. 



Waigiou. 



Ist nach Kirby's Mittheilung mit caliginosa Walk, und densa Walk, verwandt. 



