NEW SPECIES OF GEOMETRIDJB FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 101 



Niphonissa luzonensis, sp. n. 



c? . Fore wings greyish-brown, finely sprinkled with blackish, and 

 with a rosy flush on terminal area ; antemedial line black, slightly 

 expanded on the costa, biangulate below; discoidal spot blackish, 

 almost round ; postmedial line blackish, nearly straight, externally 

 clouded with blackish. Hind wings brownish-grey faintly irrorated 

 with dusky, discoidal spot blackish ; postmedial line dark brown, 

 tapered towards costa, followed by a slender parallel line. 



? . Fore wings ochreous brown, sufi'used with darker brown and 

 •sparsely sprinkled with blackish ; antemedial line as in the male, but 

 rather blacker ; postmedial line black,' outwardly edged with whitish, 

 costal end near apex ; discoidal spot whitish outlined or ringed with 

 black. Hind wings ochreous brown sprinkled with purplish-brown ; 

 discoidal spot whitish, ringed with purplish-brown ; postmedial band 

 purplish-brown, darker on its inner edge, tapered towards costa. 

 The termen of fore wing in the female is more deeply excised, and 

 the apex rather more produced than in the male. 



Expanse, 46 mm. 



Four specimens were captured in 1912 — one female on 

 November 9th, another on the 30th of that month, and one 

 example of each sex on December Ist. 



Allied to N. alhiguttulata, Basteiberg, and comes between 

 that species and N. obliquaria, Moore. 



Arichanna nigrolineata, sp. n. 



^. Head and thorax white, collar black, patagia edged with 

 blackish ; abdomen white, barred with black, sides tinged with 

 ochreous, ochreous hairs on the terminal segments. Fore wings 

 white, costa marked with black near base, basal line black ; ante- 

 medial line black, outwardly angled at median nervure, incurved 

 below vein and where it joins a black dash from base on dorsum ; 

 medial line black, sinuous, originating in a black spot on the costa, 

 bidentate below cell; discoidal spot black, linear; postmedial line 

 black, sinuous, its inner edge dotted with black on the veins ; sub- 

 terminal line black, almost straight, connected with black lunular 

 terminal line by five black bars— three towards apex and two towards 

 tornus ; fringes white barred with black. Hind wings white, with 

 black discoidal spot and traces of three transverse lines on the dorsal 

 •area ; terminal line black, lunular ; fringes white, finely barred with 

 black. Underside similar to above, but the markings are not so 

 distinct. 



Expanse, 38 mm. 



Two male specimens, December 2nd and 3rd, 1912. 

 Allied to A. viaculata, Moore {plagiogramma, Hampson). 



Xandrames postmarginata, sp. n. 



(^ . Fore wings greyish -brown, mottled with black-brown ; ante- 

 medial line broad, black, excurved ; postmedial line broad, black, 

 sinuous ; a very broad, outwaidly ol)lique Ixxnd lies beyond the post- 



