496 Mr. E. Meyrick on some 



irrorated with purple, terminal joint short. Antennae ochreons- 

 whitish, towards base irrorated with purple. Thorax foscous- 

 purple, a broad anterior band and moderately large posterior spot 

 bright green. Abdomen purple irrorated with dark fuscous, apex 

 and sides posteriorly whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 tibiae tinged with purplish, posterior tarsi two-thirds. Fore wings 

 with costa posteriorly moderately arched, hind margin rather 

 oblique, slightly rounded and waved on upper half, lower half 

 straight; bright yellowish-green; markings purple, partially tinged 

 with whitish or brownish, and irregularly irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; a moderate basal fascia, its outer edge curved beneath 

 costa, and margined with blackish ; a moderate more whitish- 

 tinged streak along costa from base to apex, lower edge with a very 

 slight projection before middle ; a sharply defined hind-marginal 

 band, on costa covering one-third of wing, gradually narrowed to 

 one-sixth at anal angle, anterior edge mixed with reddish-brown 

 and blackish, immediately within which is a faint paler waved line ; 

 a large oval green spot within hind-marginal band, rather irregular- 

 edged, extending from near costa to near middle, not nearly 

 touching either margin ; cilia light purplish, base suffused with 

 whitish from above middle to above anal angle. Hind wings with 

 hind margin rounded, waved, with a large acute triangular pro- 

 jection below middle ; colour and hind-marginal baud as in fore 

 wings, but inner edge of band proceeding from costa before apex 

 towards anal angle, at three-fourths rectangxilarly bent inwards 

 and continued along inner margin as an attenuated and very 

 slender streak to base, where it is slightly dilated, above angulation 

 somewhat waved ; included green spot marginal, extending along 

 hind margin from beneath apex to above middle ; triangular pro- 

 jection of hind margin dark red irrorated with blackish; ciha 

 purple, base whitish. 



Port Moresby (Kowald) ; one specimen. 



PSEUDOTERPNA, Hb. 



I find that the characters of this genus are identical 

 with those of Ilypochroma, Gn., as given elsewhere by 

 myself; and I therefore propose to adopt this as the 

 older name. 



113. Pseudoterpna diphtherina, n. s. 

 J , 30 — 34 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, reticulated with deep 

 crimson-red. Palpi whitish-ochreous, irregiilarly blotched with 

 deep red towards apes of joints, terminal joint moderately long. 



