COLLECTED IN DUTfTT NEW GUINEA 79 



SPTTTNGIDAE 



Of this family there are 3 species in the collection, all well-known forms. 



Sesiinae 

 Of this subfamily 1 species is in the collection. 



416. Macroglossum vacillans Walk. 



Macroglossa vaciUans Walker. List Lcp. his. Brit. Mus., xxxi. p. 27 (1864) (Lesser Sunda Islds.). 



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



Chaerocampinae 

 Of this subfamily 2 species were collected. 



417. Theretra clotho celata (Butl.) 



Chacrocnmpa celata Butler, P.Z.S.. 1877, p. 472 (Papuan Subregion). 



1 <S Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



418. Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabr.) 



Sphinx oldenlandiae Fabricius, Syst. Ent.. p. 542, No. 21 (1775) (India). 



1 s Base Camp, Nov.— Dec. 1912. 



EUPTEROTIDAE 



Of this family the collection contains 2 species, 1 being new. 



419. Cotana castaneorufa sp. nov. 



?. Antennae black ; head fiery orange ; thorax orange shaded with brown ; abdomen 

 orange rufous, anal tuft pale grey. Forrwing maroon chestnut ; basal } of wing and 

 basal I of costal area clothed with orange rufous hairs, nervures in basal f of wing dull 

 olive rufous, a large ovate yellow patch below cell, a postdiscal band of joined yellow 

 triangles, nervures between this band and the termen orange. Hindwincj maroon 

 chestnut ; basal I of wing clothed with orange rufous hairs, nervures orange rufous, 

 a postdiscal band of wedge-shaped orange yellow joined triangles. 



Expanse 66 mm. Length of forewing 30-5 mm. 



1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



