58 - Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on new 
Near ganara*, Moore, from Java and Borneo, but markings 
more distinct and fore wing thickly dotted. 
Imaus basistriga, sp. n. 
(Pl. I. fig. 13.) 
Allied to nepha, J. & T. 
3. Upperside.—Fore wing snow-white finely dotted with 
dark brown and with dark brown markings. A zig-zag 
basal line, heavily marked below the cell; lower edge of 
cell from base to a fourth of vein 5 outlined with dark 
brown ; a faint waved antemedian line; discal and post- 
discal lines very indistinct ; former defined anteriorly ; a 
faint strongly dentate subterminal line ; black marginal dots 
between the veins; discocellulars streaked with dark brown; 
four dark costal dots before the apex ; a rounded white spot 
in cell. Hind wing greyish fuscous, a white area beyond 
cell, 
Underside greyish fuscous. Fore wing white below the 
cell. Hind wing as above. Cilia white. 
Antenne with comb rufous, shaft white; head and thorax 
white ; palpi white, black at sides; pectus and legs white ; 
abdomen grey; anal tuft white. 
Length of fore wing 12 mm. 
Hab. Wandammen Mtns., 8000-4000 feet, Nov. 1 2. 
Dasychiroides obsoletat+, B.-Bkr. 2. 
(Pl. I. fig. 14.) 
This species is distinguished from other forms in the genus 
by the intraneural marginal dots on the fore wing. 
?. Differs from the g in the basal half of fore wing, 
except extreme base, being suffused with black. 
Length of fore wing 28 mm. 
Hab. British and Dutch New Guinea. 
In Coll. Joicey from Biagi, Mambare R., Brit. New 
Guinea, 5000 feet, Jan. (2¢ ¢); Oetakwa River, 8. Dutch 
New Guinea, Oct.-Dec. (2¢ 6); Fak-Fak, Dutch New 
Guinea, 1700 feet, Dec. (1g); Wandammen Mtns., 3000- 
4000 feet, Nov. (1g¢,192). In Trig Museum from Ninay 
Valley, Arfak Mtns. (¢ @ ). 
* Lymantria ganara, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. 1.0. ii. p. 344 (1859) (Java). 
+ Dasychiroides obsoleta, Bethune-Baker, Noy. Zool, xi. p. 406, pl. vi. 
fig. 43, ¢ (1904) (Brit. N. Guinea). 
