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 I Go. Oxyambulyx wildei (PI. VIII. f. 3. i ; f. 4, ?). 



Aiiihuljix wihkl Miskiu, I^rv:. Hoi/. ^<<jc. ijufciifhl viii. p. M. i). ;)5 (1801) (Cairns). 



Miskiii'ti clescri])t,ion, tluuigli lonjr, is not jn-pcise enough to recngnise bis insect 

 with certainty. No Queensland specimens Imve come to onr notice ; but we have 

 of the type a i)hotograph kindly sent to us by Mr. De Vis, the curator of the 

 Brisbane Museum. Similar to small sjiccimcns of substrigilis. Foretibia with 

 a few spines. 



6. As pale as Indian fiubstrigilis, the submarginal line of the forewing nearer 

 the margin above and below, distinct ; the marginal area between this line and the 

 fringe brown on the n])perside, grey below, only \\ mm. wide at R" and not 



extending Ijelow ;\1'. h^ighth sternite mesially lobed as iu substrit/ilis, the angles 



of the lobe not acuminate, /tot tubercnliform internally. Tenth stcriiite sinuate 

 mesially, the sinns deejjer than in sKdMriqilis and the sides uf the ])late more 

 slanting. llarj)e (PI. XXXI. f. ",'!) resembling that of scj-iceipemns in the develop- 

 ment of the mesial ridge, wiiich consists of two lamellae which join each other 

 distally, where tliey are raised into a short obtuse process which jioints obli(|uely 

 basad ; a distinctly raised ventral ridge as in sitbstriyiUs, low, extending to the end 

 of the harpc, forming a kind of crest upon the otherwi.se flat, spoou-shaped, distal 

 l)rocess. Penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f 0) resembling that oi sxhstr. substriijUis; a 

 dentate fold at each side, the left saw-blade extending beyond the opening of the 

 sheath reaching the end of the somewhat club-shapi'd apical process. 



?. Much dcejier brown than the c?, even deeper in tint than the deepest- 

 coloured salstriyiUs : tip oi abdomeit (long scales of eighth tergites) seal-brown, as 

 dark as tiie band of the thorax ; palpus, tibiae and tarsi also deep brown. Lines 

 across forevving conspicuous, submarginal line heavy on the upperside ; basal patch 

 of liindvving brownish black, bands heavy. Underside of wings burnt umberbrown, 

 almost walnut-brown, especially distally, heavily marked with blackish brown, the 

 disc paler here and there ; the grey marginal area of the forewing rather broader 

 thau in S, the submarginal line bordering it not distinct; basal half of hindwing 



shaded over with drab. Eighth tergite not deeply incised. Vaginal plate broadly 



rounded distally; the orifice ])roximal, its proximal edgj not prominent. 



Length of forewing : J, 46 mm. : ^, oT mm. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab, Queensland and New Guinea. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S and 1 S from Milne Bay. Britisli N. Guinea 

 (A. S. Meek). 



Apparently a Papuan representative uf suhstriijilis, with the structure of the 

 sexual organs partly ^ as in sericeipennis. A 6 in the Museum at Budapest from 

 iStephansort, German N. Guinea, has the subbasal spot of the forewing very large, 

 and there is a rather large costal spot distally of the subbasal costal bar, 



Ifiii. Oxyambulyx meeki sjiec. nov. (PI. I. f. ",', d). 



<i % . Allied to U. 'rildei. Foretibia with some spines near end. Abdomen 

 with dorsal line, no patch on eighth tergite of o- Wings aic^re ; Forewing in $ 

 grey as in ser ice ipe nuts, darker iu ? ; an oval longitudinal costal subbasal spot, 

 vestigial in ? ; interspace between the two autemedian lines olivaceous, baud-like, 

 the band almost evenly curved : grey discal interspace strongly narrowing behind ; 



