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817. Pyrausta aurantialis sp. nov. 



(J. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dull orange, anal tuft huffish brown. Fore- 

 wing tawny orange, 3 discal zigzag transverse lines, the costa, and fringe sooty black. 

 Hindwing tawny orange, 2 discal lines and fringe sooty black. 



? differs in the discal lines being reddish brown. 



Expanse 16 mm. Length of forewing 7 mm. 



3 (j^ 2 ?? Base Camp, Dec. 1912— Jan. 1913 ; 2 ^c? 1 ? Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912 ; 

 12 o^o^ 16 $? Utakwa River, 2-500-3000 ft., Dec. 1912— Feb. 1913 ; 1 S Snow Mts., 4000- 

 6000 ft., Jan.— Feb. 1913. 



In addition to the specimens above enumerated there are 30 Psara and Nacoleia 

 so much rubbed that it is practically impossible to say what they are. 



HEPIALIDAE 



Of this family Dr. Wollaston obtained 4 species, all new, one being a subspecies. 



818. PORINA FULIGINOSA sp. nOV. 



? (J. Antennae fulvous orange ; head and thorax sooty black ; abdomen sooty grey. 

 Forewing sooty black ; a transverse postmedian row of dull grey rings and traces of 

 two similar ones on discocellulars. Hindwing fuliginous grey. 



Expanse 46 mm. Length of forewing 20 mm. 



1 ? 1 o^ Carstensz Peak, 5000-10,000 ft., Feb.— March 1913. 



819. PORINA POSTFLAVIDA Sp. nOV. 



S ■ Antennae brown ; head and thorax blackish chocolate ; abdomen buff. Fore- 

 wing blackish chocolate with 4 transverse rows of dull orange fulvous rings. Hind- 

 wing semihyaline buff, nervures and margins broadly orange. 



Expanse 56 mm. Length of forewing 25 mm. 



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



820. Oenetus marginatus saturatior subsp. nov. 



?. Differs from marginatus marginatus Rothsch. above in the much more pronounced 



dark green network pattern and the broader and more complete postmedian band 



of chocolate spots on the forewings. On the hindwings it differs by the red being much 



darker — a deep crimson — and the marginal border much narrower and almost obsolete. 



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