COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA 117 



642. CuRiCTA opposiTALis Walk. 



Curicta oppo.vlalis Walker, List Lrp. Ins. Brit. 3Iiis.. xxxiv. p. 1130 (18(15) (Aru). 



1 c^ 1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 1 ? Canoe Camp, Nov. 1912 ; 3 3<S Utakwa River, 

 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. 



Endotrichinae 



2 species of this group were obtained, of which one is a new subspecies. 



643. Enbotricha persicopa Meyr. 



Endotricha prrsicnpa Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. LoniJ., 1889, p. 506 (Borneo). 



1 3 Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913. 



644. COTACHENA HISTRICALLS ORIENTALIS subsp. nOV. 



o. Differs from h. histricalis in its much Uirger size, darker colour, and in the markings 

 being much stronger and more sharply defined. 

 Expanse 30 mm. Length of forewing 13 mm. 

 1 (5 Base Camp, Jan. 1913. 



Pyralinae 

 Of this subfamily the collection contains 5 species, of which 2 are new to science. 



645. ViTESsA zemira temerata Swinh. 



Vitcssa temvala Swinhoe, Ann. Maij. Nat. Hist. (7), xviii. p. 113 (1906) (Granville, New Guinea). 



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



646. Hypsopyga laticilialis sp. nov. 



?. Antennae dark brown ; palpi and head golden yellow ; thorax and abdomen dark 

 mauve purple, abdominal tuft golden yellow. Forewing bright mauve purple, a broad 

 subbasal golden yellow transverse band, a postmedian golden yellow patch on costa 

 and below it, a narrow broken irregular margin and the very broad fringe golden yellow. 

 Hindiving bright mauve purple, a buff costal patch, the very broad fringe and the 

 margin at and around tornus golden yellow. 



Expanse 20 mm. Length of forewing 8-5 mm. 



1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



647. Herculea tenuis Butl. 



Herculea tenuis Butler, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 681 (Brazil). 



1 <? 1 ? Utakwa River, 3000 ft., Jan. 1913 ; 1 <S Snow Mts., 4000-6000 ft., Jao.— 

 Feb. 1913. 



