198 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



10. Celerena ivoxima, Walk. 



Celerena proxima, Walk., SuppL, 168. 



^, 62 mm. Head and palpi deep yellow, apical joint grey. 

 Antennae grey. Thorax deep yellow, with a dark grey anterior 

 transverse stripe. Abdomen yeUow, apical half with a dorsal 

 Btreak and segmental margins grey, basal tuft dark grey in middle, 

 white on sides. Legs dark grey, posterior tibiae yellow, apical 

 projection grey, tarsi greyish. Fore wings moderate, elongate- 

 triangnlar, costa gently arched, hind margin very oblique, almost 

 straight, slightly sinuate ; blackish grey, with two large deep yellow 

 blotches ; first extending from base to near middle, not reaching 

 either margin, suffused beneath and posteriorly ; second transverse, 

 broad, running from costa beyond middle towards anal angle, but 

 not reaching it ; cilia blackish grey. Hind wings moderate, hind 

 margin rounded ; deep yellow, with a moderately broad blackish- 

 grey hind-marginal band, rather dilated about apex, sending a 

 slight obscure suffusion along inner margin ; cilia blackish grey. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea {Matheiv) ; one specimen. 

 Walker's type was from Celebes. 



DESMOBATHRID^. 



Fore wings : 7 rising out of 9, 10 abaent. Hind wings : 5 present, 

 8 remote from 7, connected with it by a bar near base. 



Desmobathra, u. g. 

 Face smooth. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint shortly 

 scaled above, terminal joint short. Antennas two-thirds of fore 

 wings, in male (?). Posterior tibiae in female with only one median 

 spur, rather below middle, terminal spm-s short. Fore wings with 

 vein 6 remote from 9, 11 anastomosing moderately with 9 before 8, 

 12 anastomosing strongly with 11 before 9. Hind wings with 

 veins G and 7 separate. 



11. Dcsmohatlira hesperias, n. s. 

 $ , 23 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs orange- 

 yellow. Antennai grey. Fore wings triangular, huid margin 

 slightly sinuate, rounded in middle ; orange-yellow, with numerous 

 small fine scattered purple-brown strigulac ; these tend to form an 

 irregular curved line beyond middle ; cilia ochreous-yellow. Hind 

 wings moderate, hind margin rounded; colour, strigulte, and cilia 

 as in fore wings ; a tolerably distinct discal dot ; line not indicated. 



New Hebrides {Mathew) ; two specimens. 



