52 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on new 
lilac subterminal band, shaded with dark grey; some dark 
grey shading on distal aud extreme basal areas; sparse 
lilac-grey dusting over the wing. Hind wing fuscous-grey, 
some sparse white scaling on outer margin ; fringe fuscous, 
dusted with white. 
Underside fuscous grey. Fore wing with inner half of 
fringe white; an ochreous tinge on costa near apex. Hind 
wing finely dusted with white. 
Antenne reddish brown; palpi blackish brown; head 
fuscous mixed with grey-white; thorax and abdomen 
fuscous ; femora and tibie fuscous, tarsi ochreous. 
Length of fore wing 23 mm. 
Hab. Angi Lakes, Arfak Mtns., 6000 feet, March. 
29? 9. A specimen in the B.M. from Mt. Goliath. 
Subfamily FociLiLin &. 
Mecodina prs sp. n. 
aiek . fig. 5.) 
Allied to eketkei, B.-Bkr.*, but darker in colour, no white 
discocellular points and no ears line within the pale 
post-discal band ; subterminal black dots, which are absent 
in ekeiket. 
3. Upperside.—Fore wing fuscous brown, proximal two- 
thirds with a purplish tinge; an irregular fuscous basal 
line; a black dot in the cell; two waved discal lines, 
slightly outwardly curved from the costa, the space between 
them without purple tinge; inner edge of darker distal 
area defining a pale post-diseal band; an irregular sub- 
terminal series of black dots between the velns ; termen 
slightly purplish. F/ind wing fuscous-brown. 
Underside paler than above. Hind wing with a faint 
blackish discal band, and an indistinct subterminal line. 
Antenne ciliate, fuscous-brown ; head, palpi, thorax, 
abdomen, and legs fuscous-brown. 
Length of fore wing 20 mm, 
Hab. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-4000 feet, Nov. 1 @. 
In B.M. a specimen from Fak-Fak, Dutch S.W. New 
Guinea. 
We place this species provisionally in the genus Mecodina, 
but it differs from the type-form of that genus in vein 5 of 
the hind wing arising above the lower angle of cell. The 
antenne are of moderate length with long cilia. 
* Ceromacra ekeikei, Bethune-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 284 (1906) 
(Brit. N. Guinea). 
