Kew and little hnoion species of Drejmnnlidm, etc. 685 



Type (schistacina $ ), New Guinea in coll. Rothschild. 

 Types {eandidior $ $), S. Aignan in ditto. 



There are seven examples from Aru and N. Guinea in 

 the B. M., all varying a little one from the other. 



Craspedosis uelicata, nov. 



(^ . Head, thorax and first two segments of abdomen slaty black, 

 the centre of the thorax paler, the rest of the abdomen orange-colour, 

 fore-wing with the interior black, the base, costal and outer portions 

 dark slaty colour, a pale streak from the base, a pale streaky patch 

 in the disc from costa beyond the middle containing a thin white 

 streak, a pale discal band from the hinder margin near the angle, to 

 near apex, limiting the black interior space ; hind-wings with the 

 base black, a large white spot or patch on abdominal margin before 

 middle and narrowing upwards and extending to the top of the cell, 

 followed by a slaty blue band then a discal black band, a submarginal 

 slaty blue band and a marginal black band. 



Expanse of wings l^V inches. 



Hah. RossELL IsL., Louisiade (A. S. Mcelc). 

 Allied to C, arucnsis, Pag. 



POGOXOPYGIA NIGRALBATA. 



Pogonopygia nigralbata, Warr., Nov. Zool., i, p. 681 (1894). 

 Pogonopygia nigralbata, sub-sp. attenimta, Warr., 1. c, iv, 

 p. 240 (1897). 



Type, Khasia Hills in coll. Rothschild. 

 Type (cittenuata ^), Selangore in ditto. 



Attenuata seems to me to be merely a faded specimen 

 of nigralhata, of which there are examples from the 

 Khasia Hills in the B. M. 



Bracca lugida, nov. 



(J 5 • Palpi, head, thorax, and fore-wings purple-brown, three 

 white spots on the thorax in front, fore-wings with an ochreous yellow 

 streak along the centre of the hinder margin, a small white sub-basal 

 spot, a slightly larger white spot in the middle of the cell, a large 

 oval spot across the disc, much larger in the female than in the male, 

 a pale irregular submarginal band with a white spot above, and 

 another below its middle, in the female the upper white spot has 

 a black dot on a pale ground joined to it on its side, and the lower 

 spot has some black dots below it : hind-wings and abdomen bright 



