56 Colonel C. Swinhoe on 



Genus Deilemera, Hllbner, Verz. Sclimett, p. 178 (1818). 



Leptosoma, Boisd., Voy de I'Astrolabe Lep., p. 197 (1832) 



(praeocc). 

 Pitasila, Moore, P. Z. S., 1877, p. 599. 

 Zonosoma, Butler, III. Het. B. M., v, p. 44 (1881) (praeocc.). 

 Triphcromcra, Butler, 1. c, p. 45. 

 Tristania, Kirby, Cat. Het., i, p. 423 (1892). 

 Atasca, ^vfinhoe, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon., i, p. 139 (1892). 



SECTION I. 

 Veins 6 and 7 of liind-wiugs not stalked, palpi short. 



A. ANTENN.E NOT PECTIXATED (AtaSCCt) 



Deilemera pellex. 



Phalcvna {Nodua) pcUcx, Linn., Syst. Nat., x, p. 530 (1758). 

 Leijtosoma pcllcr, Aurivillius, Rec. Crit. in Sv. Ak. Hand!., 



xix(5), p. 161, pi. l,f. 5(1882). 

 Atasca pellex, Swinhoe, 1. c. 

 Nyctemera artcmis, Walker, ii, 394 (1854). 

 Nyctemcra separata. Walker, xxxi, 204 (1864). 



Sixteen examples from Batjan, Ceram, Aru, N. Guinea, 

 Fergusson IsL, and N. Ireland. Type separata from Gilolo 

 is in Mus. Oxon. 



Deilemera albipuncta. (PI. Ill, f. 8.) 

 Deilemera alhipunvta, Druce, P. Z. S , 1888, p. 573. 



Pag., Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Naturk., 1901 , 

 p. 164. 

 Two examples from Guadalcanar Island (J/rr/,:). A 

 very distinct species. 



Deilemera signata, 

 Deilemera signata, Butler, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 386. 

 Nyctemera signata, Pag., Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Naturk., 1891, 

 p. 152. 



The type female from Darnley Island ; it may be an 

 extreme form oi ■pellex, but it is impossible to say, without 

 seeing more examples. 



Deilemera yEGuoxA. 

 Leptosoma .•rr/rotuvi, Swinhoe, Cat. Het. Mus. O.Kon., i, 

 p. 145, pL V, £ 15 (1892). 



