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fuscous somewhat curved subdentate line from one-third of costa 

 to one-third of inner margin ; a minute white dot in disc shghtly 

 before middle ; generally a rather broad darker sometimes reddish- 

 tinged suffusion extending across wing from two-thirds of costa to 

 middle of inner margin ; a more or less brownish-ochreous line 

 from two-thirds of costa to two -thirds of inner margin, upper two- 

 thirds moderately curved outwards, anteriorly darker-margined, 

 posteriorly margined by a line of slightly raised darker or partially 

 blackish scales, closely followed by a cloudy fuscous line; an 

 irregular cloudy fuscous subterminal line ; a dark fuscous inter- 

 rupted hind-marginal line or series of subconfluent dots ; cilia 

 fuscous or grey. Hind wings grey-whitish, hind margin infuscated ; 

 a dark fuscous hind-marginal line ; cilia whitish, with a cloudy 

 fuscous line near base. 



Port Moresby [Kowald, Sayer) ; three specimens. 

 Nearly allied to S. undulana, Hb., and S. exophila, Meyr., 

 and intermediate in size between them, but readily dis- 

 tinguished from both by the different shape of wing, and 

 differing also in marking. 



Hectooama, n. g. 



Tongue developed. Palpi rather short, porrected, second joint 

 shortly rough-scaled beneath. Antennae in ^ subdentate, mode- 

 rately strongly ciliated (1^). Fore wings with vein 2 from before 

 middle, 4 and 5 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 and 9 stalked, 11 

 anastomosing with 12. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 

 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 from four-fifths. 



23. Hectogama dissozona, n. s. 

 $ , 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennge, abdomen, and legs ochreous- 

 yellowish. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous, anterior margin suf- 

 fusedly ochreous-yellowish. Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, hind margin rather obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; costal edge ochreous-yellowish ; base 

 narrowly dark fuscous ; two moderate rather inwards-curved dark 

 purplish-fuscous transverse fascite, first from two-fifths of costa to 

 two-fifths of inner margin, second from four-fifths of costa to two- 

 thirds of inner margin, rather dilated beneath ; a subtriangular 

 dark fuscous spot on hind margin above anal angle ; (cilia im- 

 perfect). Hind wings and cilia light ochreous-yellowish. 



One specimen (Sayer). 



