C3i Colonel C. SwinKoe on 



Has heretofore been placed in the Lymantriidffi. I 

 submitted a male to Mr. Meyrick for examination, and he 

 says the insect is a pecuHar and much speciah'sed form, 

 but he is cU^arly of opinion that it is a Bonrmid ; it has an 

 exceptionally developed fovea near base of hinder margin. 



TiGRIDOPTERA MACULOSA. 



Arycanda maculosa, Walker, vii, 1775 (1(S.5G). 

 Arycanda ahsorpta, Warr., Nov. Zool., iv, p. 82 (1897). 



Type $ , Sumatra in B. M. 



Type {ahsorpta $), Lawas, N. Borneo, in coll. Rothschild. 



TiGRIDOPTERA DECORATA, nov. 



^ ?. Antennae, liead, thorax, first two segments of the abdomen 

 and both wings of a uniform pale slaty blue, remainder of the abdo- 

 men dark chrome yellow, wings with black spots and bands, a large 

 round spot at the end of each cell, fore-wings with some black marks 

 on the costa near tJie base, a short basal streak, a band from hin<ler 

 margin near base to the costa before middle, a band from centre of 

 hinder margin to the cell spot, two discal, the inner one macular 

 towards costa, the outer one macular throughout hind-wings, with a 

 basal band corresponding to the first band on fore-wings, also ante and 

 postmedian bands, the latter with a line running close to its outer 

 side, a macular discal band corresponding to the outer discal band of 

 tlie fore-wings, and both wings with large spots close to the outer 

 margin; the thorax has three transverse bands and the abdomen one 

 on its first segment : the underside is pale slaty blue, the wings with 

 large cell spots and broad marginal borders, the legs and body are of 

 the same colour, the abdomen being more than half covered, the 

 slaty colour ending in a black patch. 



Expanse of wings ^ H, $ l/o inches. 



Hob. Milne Bay {A. S. Mcclc). Nearest to T. flexilinca, 

 Warr. 



Craspedosis aruensis. 



Craspcdosis crnestina, var. ariccnsis, Pag., J. B. Nass. ^'^er., 



1886, p. 164. 

 Craspedosis schiskicina, Wavr., Nov. Zool., iii, p. 399 (1896). 

 Craspedosis leucostida, sub- sp. candidior, Warr., 1. c, vi, p. 47 



(1899). 



Type, Aru in coll. Pagensteclier. 



