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242. Chionaema brunnea B. -Baker. 



Chionaema hrunnea Bethune-Baker, Xov. ZnuL, vol. .\i. p. 423 {1904) (Aroa River). 



1 ? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. 



243. Zygaenosia klossi sp. nov. 



?. In colour nearest to sina pis Rothseh., but has structural differences and is much 

 larger. Antennae much longer, reaching beyond middle of costa, and the distal | 

 with very long pectinations black ; head, thorax, and abdomen mustard-orange. 

 Forewing semihyaline mustard- orange slightly smoky in outer ^ ; costa and fringe black. 

 Hindwing, basal | semihyaline mustard-orange, outer \ semihyaline sooty black, fringe 

 black. 



Expanse 36 mm. Length of forewing 16 mm. 



1 ? Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



244. Chrysasura flavopunctata punctatissima (Rothseh.) 



Asura flavopunctata punctatissima Rothschild, Nov. Zool., xx. p. 207 (1913) (New Guinea). 

 1 ^ Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



245. Chrysasura wollastoni sp. nov. 



(?. Antennae pectinated black ; head canary yellow; thorax black-brown, basal J 

 of patagia canary yellow ; abdomen black-brown. Foreiving blackish chocolate, a 

 basal dot on costa, a large subbasal rounded patch from above subcostal vein to vein 1, 

 a median spot on costa and one on vein 1 and 3 larger submarginal spots canary yellow, 

 as are some indistinct postdiscal marks. Hindwing orange, abdominal margin and 

 outer ^ black-brown. (I here append in a footnote the description of a still finer new 

 species from Goodenough Island.*) 



Expanse 22 mm. Length of forewing 9 "5 mm. 



1 3 Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



246. Asura i)entifera Hmpsn. 



Asura dentijera Hampson, Cat. Lcp. Phal. Brit. Mus., vol. ii., Addenda p. 564, pi. xxxv, f. 18 (1900) 

 (Milne Bay). 



1 ? Base Camp, March 1913. 



* Chrys.\sura meeki sp. nov. 



(J $. Antennae black, head canary yellow ; thorax and abdomen black-brown, basal | of patagia canary 

 yellow. Forewing black-brown with traces of indistinct fulvous marks in outer half ; a large canary yellow 

 subbasal band ^ the width of the wing extends from costa to inner margin. Hindwing yellowish orange, 

 abdominal, costal and outer margins black. Several of the $? have a row of large orange subterminal 

 spots ; these I call ab. maculata ab. nov. 



Expanse, cj 22, ? 30 mm. Length of forewing, ^J 10, $ 13 mm. 



6 $9 1 ^ Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group, April 1913 (A. S. Meek). 



