So HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



mauve ; abdomen buff. Forewing chocolate mauve ; base of wing, 2 large median 

 patches, one on vein 1, the other between costa and vein 3, and an indistinct wavy 

 subterminal line white. Hindwing buft\ 



Expanse 30 mm. Length of forewing 13-5 mm. 



1 ? Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Dec. 1912. 



256. Trischalis submarginata sp. nov. 

 <?. Antennae cream-colour ; head white; thorajc and abdomen cream-colour. Fore- 

 . wing cream-colour with two obsolescent rusty transverse lines and a number of similar 

 costal spots, a broad subterminal band narrowing to inner margin brown passing into 

 rusty fulvous. Hindwing cream-colour, with broad, pale brownish grey margin. 

 Expanse 15 mm. Length of forewing 6 '5 mm. 

 1 o^ Utakwa Eiver, 2500-3000 ft., Dec. 1912. 



257. PoLiosiA UMBRA sp. nov. 

 3. Uniform umber brown- grey ; forewing with subbasal, submedian and apical bands 

 of darker grey spots. 



Expanse 14 mm. Length of forewing 6 mm. 

 1 (J Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



Besides these there are a number of specimens of Lithosianae which are unidentifiable. 



Arctiaxae 

 Dr. WoUaston procured 2 species of this subfamily. 



258. Maenas avola (B. -Baker.) 

 Spilosoma avola Bethuiie-Baker, Nov. Zool., xv. p. 190 (1908) (New Guinea). 



1 5 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Dec. 1912. 



259. DiACRisiA ARCTicHROA Druce. 



Diacrisia arctichroa Druce, Ann. Mag. N. H. (8), 3, p. 347 (1909) (New Guinea). 



1 (J Base Camp, Jan. 1913 ; 2 o"o^ 1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov.— Dec. 1912. 



AGARISTIDAE 



Of this family 5 species are in the collection. 



260. Damias varia educta (Walk.) 



Burgena educta Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus., xxxi. p. 56 (1864) (partim ; Key). 



2 ?? Base Camp, Dec. 1912 ; 2 3i Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913 ; 1 $ 

 Carstensz Peak, 5000-10,000 ft., Feb.— March 1913. 



