COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA 93 



492. MiLiONiA EiCHORNi Rothsch. & Joid. 



Milionia eichorni Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. ZooL, vol. x. p. 486 (1903) (Upper .A.roa River). 

 1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



493. Dysphania tyrianthina (Butl.) 



Euschema tyrianthina Butler, Ann. Ma<j. N. H. (4) 10, p. 231, No. 56 (1882) (Duke of York). 

 1 o' Base Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 1 o Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912. 



Larentiinae 

 There are 13 species of this subfamily, of which 9 are new. 



494. Cambogia cymatodes (Mey.) 



Cretheis cymatodes Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Sac. Land., p. 193 (1886) (New Hebrides). 



1 3 Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Dec. 1912. 



495. Lasioedma purpureorufa sp. nov. 



cJ. Antennae rusty brown, pectinated ; head, thorax and abdomen dull pinkish maroon. 

 Forewing dragon's-blood maroon fading into brownish grey obliquely from inner margin 

 to apex ; a subterniinal line of small spots and postdiscal patches at veins 2 and 4 

 buffy white, some indistinct striae run in from inner margin. Hindwing dragon's- 

 blood maroon with a number of dark grey ill-defined transverse striae-like lines and 

 some whitish subterniinal marks. 



Expanse 34 mm. Length of forewing 15*5 mm. 



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



496. Xanthorhoe vulgaris sp. nov. 



(J. A very common-looking insect. Antennae deeply pectinated grey ; head and 

 thorax yellowish wood-grey ; abdomen dull wood-grey. Forewing ash grey with a 

 number of brownish spots on costa ; broad multiple antemedian and postmedian crenu- 

 lated bands dark reddish brown-grey and a similar but cloud-like subterniinal band. 

 Hindwing pale grey with shadowy indications of transverse lines. 



? similar, but grey of forewing purer and bands better defined. 



Expanse, .3 28, ? 32 mm. Length of forewing, 3 13, ? 15 mm. 



II cJ^ 19 ?? Snow Mts., 4000-6000 ft., Jan.— Feb. 1913. 



497. Xanthorhoe pallida sp. nov. 

 cJ. Antennae brownish grey ; head and thorax dull brown ; abdomen greyish white 

 powdered with brown. Forewing greyish white ; basal, antemedian and median brown- 

 grey multiple crenulated bands, beyond the median band 2 hairlines crenulated and 



