88 HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



464. Anosiodes ? pseudomelanoscia sjd. nov. 



?. At first sight tliis remarkable insect appears to be a South American Melanoscia. 

 Antennae bufi with numerous black rings of varying breadth ; head and tegulae buff 

 variegated with black-brown ; rest of thorax and abdomen sooty slate grey. Fore- 

 wing black-brown, antemedian and median transverse bands buffy white with black 

 dots within, an oblique transverse band from apex to inner margin and a longitudinal 

 band expanding from base to termen yellowish buff" with a few brown strigillations, 

 basal half of wing strigillated with yellowish buff ; wing, beyond oblique buff transverse 

 band from apex, with lines and streaks of yellowish buff. Hindwing ash grey with 

 whitish broad median band and some sooty markings in abdominal area. 



Expanse 40 nnii. Length of forewing 13"5 mm. 



1 ? Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 191^ 



465. Cypra delicatula Boisd. 



Cypra delicatula Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Lejj., p. 201, pi. 1, f. 3 (1832) (New Guinea). 



2 J(? 3 ?? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— March 1913 ; 1 ,J 1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 

 2 cJc? 4 ?? Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



466. Panaethia decorata (Swinh.) 



Tigriodoptera decorata Swinhoe, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 634 (1902) {New Guinea). 



2 6<S Base Camp, Nov. 1912— Jan. 1913. 



467. Bracca ribbei (Pag.) 



CeZerena n66et Pagenstecher, Jnhrh. Nass. Ver. Nat., xxxix. p. 164 (1886) (Am). 

 1 (J Base Camp, Jan. 1913. 



468. Craspedosis aruensis (Pag.) 



Celerena ernestina var. aruensis Pagensteclier, I.e., p. 164 (1886) (Aru). 

 1 cj 2 ?$ Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



469. Craspedosis wollastoni sp. nov. 



$. Antennae, head and thorax black, tegulae edged with yellow; abdomen yellow 

 ringed with black. Forewing slate black glossed with blue ; a curved longitudinal band 

 above vein 1 lavender blue-grey, an oblique median band, an interrupted oblique post- 

 discal band, a postmedian spot and a crenulate line from tornus to vein 2 lavender 

 blue-grey washed with white. Hindwing, basal half cream white, base and basal half of 



