118 HON. WALTER ROTHh>CHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



648. Cl'RENA EXTERNALIS Walk. 

 Cure7ia externalis Walker, List Lcp. Ins. Brit. Mus., xxxiv. p. 1253 (1865) (Australia). 



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



649. CURENA INDISTINCTALIS Sp. nOV. 



?. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen greyish cinnamon brown. Forewing, basal 

 f cinnamon grey freckled sparsely with darker scales, an indistinct antemedian line 

 and a stigma brown ; outer ^ cinnamon chestnut separated from basal | by a dark 

 brown transverse hair-line. Hindwing orange cinnamon with 2 indistinct discal lines, 

 a subcostal spot and the margin brownish cinnamon. 



Expanse 24 mm. Length of forewing 10-5 mm. 



1 ? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. 



Hydrocampinae 

 Dr. Wollaston collected 48 species of this group, of which 27 species and 3 subspecies 

 are new. 



650. Orphnophanes thoasalis (Walk.) 



Botijs thoasalis Walker, List Lep. Lns. Brit. Mus.. xviii. p. 692 (1859) (Borneo). 



2 S3 Base Camp, Mr.rch 1913. 



651. Cataclysta blandialis Walk. 



Cataclysta blandialis Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus., xvii. p. 448 (1859) (Japan). 



1 ? Base Camp, Dec. 1912 ; 1 ? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912 ; 2 o'o^ Utakwa River, 2500- 

 3000 ft., Jan.— Feb. 1913. 



The specimens collected by Dr. Wollaston represent the form xanthobathra Mep'ick, 

 but it can only stand as an aberration, for it occurs together with the type in most 

 localities. 



652. AmbIA PUNCTIMARGINATA sp. nOV. 



(?. Antennae white above, fulvous below; head, thorax and abdomen white. Fore- 

 wing white, 3 spots on costa and 3 indistinct discal patches dirty brown, a basal dot 

 on costa and a median spot below subcostal vein sooty black, a marginal band of sooty 

 black spots. Hindwing white with 2 or 3 irregular and indistinct patches of brown 

 scales, a marginal row of sooty black spots. 



Expanse 14 mm. Length of forewing 6 mm. 



1 <$ Base Camp, Jan. 1913. 



