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base to | ; all veins marked with jiale yellow slender streaks ; au 

 oblique deeper red streak from | of dorsum to f of disc, and one 

 less marked and partially interrupted from ^ of dorsum to -I of 

 costa ; two pale yellow spots in discal portion of basal area and 

 one in dorsal, two above dorsum in median area, and a triangular 

 spot above dorsum before tornus ; a pale yellow spot connecting 

 upper margin of cell and median vein before secondary cell : cilia 

 crimson-red, posteriorly mixed with pale yelloAvish (imperfect). 

 Ilindwings and cilia light ochreous-red; 4 and 5 nearly approxi- 

 mated at base. 



Queensland, Cooktown {Meek) ; one specimen. Extremely like 

 caUiplujVa Turn, (of which I have an example communicated by 

 Dr. Turner), but immediately distinguished by the neuration, as 

 callipliijlla has 7 and 8 of forcwings stalked, 4 and 5 of hindwings 

 stalked ; the markings differ somewhat in detail when closely 

 examined, e. g. calliphj/Ila docs not show the pale transverse spot 

 be'^ore secondary cell, the red streak being unbroken. I find that 

 Lactura Walk., which I have hitherto treated as distinct, cannot 

 be maintained, and must be merged in Mieza, there being no 

 natural division between them. 



Mieza rhodocentra, n. sp. 



J'. 23 mm. Head reddish-brown, forehead whitish. Palpi 

 dark brown-red. Thorax dark brown-red, posterior half whitish. 

 Abdomen dull rosy. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 

 whitish, with a few scattered red scales ; costal edge deep brown- 

 red anteriorly; three deep red dots in an oblique series at 5 

 from disc to near dorsum, and four others in a more oblique 

 somewhat curved series from disc at | to near, dorsum beyond 

 middle: cilia whitish, tips light reddish. Hindwings and cilia 

 light rosy. 



Texas ; one specimen. 



Melodryas miranda, n. sp. 



c? . 25 mm. Head and thorax blackish. Antennae pale ochreous, 

 basal J scaled, dark fuscous. Abdomen orange, apical half blackish 

 except towards bases of segments. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, more strongly posteriorly, 

 apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; blackish ; a round 

 rather irregular-edged deep orange blotch before middle, not quite 

 reaching costa or dorsum : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwiiigs deep 

 orange ; a blackish blotch occupying apical | of wing, and angularly 

 produced along dorsum to g ; cilia dark fuscous, on dorsal third of 

 wing orange. 



jSew Guinea, Trol)riand I., in April {Meek) ; one specimen. 



