78 HON. WALTER EOTHSCHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



408. Deilemera absurdum latimargo subsp. nov. 

 ?. Differs from a. absurdum in having the dark margin of the hindwing double as wide. 

 7 ?$ Base Camp, Nov.— Dec. 1912. 



409. NeoCHERA EUGENIA PAPUANA Rothsch. 

 Ncochera ewjenia papuana Rothschild, No^\ Zool., vol. ill. p. 200, No. 51 (1896) (Humboldt Baj-). 



5 <JcJ 7 ?? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— March 1913 ; 2 o^c? 1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov.— Dec. 

 1912 ; 3 ?? Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Dec. 1912— Feb. 1913. 



410. ASOTA ORBONA SIGNIFICANS (Walk.) 

 Ilijfsa significans Walker, List Lcp. Ins. Brit. Mus., xxxi. p. 215 (1864) (Am). 



1 o^ Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



411. AsOTA AUSTRALIS AEQUALIS (Walk.) 

 Hypsa acqualis Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus., xxxi. p. 214 (1864) (Aru). 

 3 cJ^ Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913. 



412. AsoTA woLLASTONi sp. nov. 



(J. Nearest to australis, but larger and forewing broader. Differs from australis 

 aeqnalis as follows : antennae more serrate, not pectinated ; forewing broader, above 

 darker wood- brown strongly glossed with purple, cream patch beyond cell more ovate, 

 orange of basal area not sharply cut off, but running into cream patch below cell ; a broad 

 scimitar- shaped band of orange along and above inner margin absent in a. aequalis ; 

 below basal f of forewing entirely orange yellow ; no white and wedge-like median black 

 patch much smaller. 



Expanse, aequalis 62 nun., wollastoni 76 nnn. Length of forewing, aequalis 27, woll- 

 astoni 35 ; breadth ae. 13*5, woll. 17 mm. 



1 6 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913, 



413. AsoTA STRiGosA (Boisd.) 



Aganais strigosa Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Lep.. p. 250, No. 2 (1832) (New Guinea). 



1 3 Base Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 1 ? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. 



414. AsOTA HELICONIA DORYCA (Boisd.) 

 Aganais doryca Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Lep., p. 251, No. 4 (1832) (New Guinea). 



2 o"(? 1 ? Base Camp, Jan.— March 1913. 



415. AsOTA VERSICOLOR VERSICOLOR (Don.) 

 Noctua versicolor Donovan, Ins. New Holt., pi. 39, f. 3 (1805) (New Holland). 



1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 2 33 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



