Lepidoptera from New Guinea. 469 



blackish, apical segment orange. Legs dark fuscous, middle tibiae 

 with an ochreous-whitish band, posterior femora and tibiae whitish. 

 Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded ; greenish-whitish ; 

 base narrowly blue-black ; a narrow oblique blue-black fascia near 

 base, not touching costa ; a broad dirty grey-greenish cloudy band 

 from costa before middle to inner margin before middle, somewhat 

 mixed with blackish towards costa and inner margin ; apical third 

 blackish, bounded by a sinuate line from three-fifths of costa to 

 anal angle, and cut by strong greenish-whitish streaks on all veins ; 

 cilia blackish. Hind wings blackish, cilia becoming whitish 

 towards anal angle. 



One specimen (Sayer). 



jEgocera, Latr. 

 38. Mgocera cornigera, Butl. 

 Port Moresby {Kowald, Sayer) ; five specimens. 



NOCTUID^. 



Hadena, Tr. 

 89. Hadena mniochlora, n. s. 

 ^ , 82 mm. Head and thorax olive-greenish, mixed with darker 

 and Hghter. Palpi light brownish-ochreous, externally dark 

 fuscous except at apex of joints. Antennae fuscous, moderately 

 ciliated (1). Abdomen brownish-ochreous. Legs light brownish- 

 ochreous, anterior and middle pair suffusedly banded with dark 

 fuscous. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa straight, apex 

 obtuse, hind margin waved, rather obliquely rounded ; light moss- 

 green ; a sharply dentate white line near base, anteriorly strongly 

 margined with blackish, interrupted beneath costa ; first line 

 white, partially black-margined, irregular abore, dentate on lower 

 half; space between subbasal and first line dark olive-green, except 

 towards costa ; second line white, anteriorly black-margined, not 

 quite reaching costa, slightly curved, with one very strong indenta- 

 tion below middle ; space between first and second lines suffused 

 with dark olive -green except towards margins; upper half of 

 orbicular outlined with whitish ; claviform represented by a short 

 transverse whitish dash ; space between orbicular and reniform 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; reniform. subtriangular, outlined with 

 white except on lower side ; a small whitish spot, preceded and 

 followed by blackish, on costa above reniform ; a whitish mark, 

 preceded by blackish, on costa before apex ; subterminal slender. 



