204 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 
black point on termen below vein 3, then a fine line to submedian 
fold ; cilia white tinged with utfotis and with red-brown line near 
base between discal and submedian folds. 
Hab. Bismarck Arcu., Rook I. (Meek), 3 Q type. Huxp. 
24: mm. 
(277) Aulacodes aurantipennis, sp. n. 
3. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright orange; palpi rufous 
towards tips; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white 
tinged with yellow, the fore femora above and tibize on inner side 
suffused with brown. Fore wing bright orange, the costa suffused 
with rufous to beyond the cell, where it expands into an oblique 
wedge-shaped rufous patch to vein 3; some rufous on middle of 
inner margin ; the fold in end of cell whitish ; a triangular silvery 
whitish postmedial patch from below costa to vein 3 beyond the 
rufous patch, defined on outer side by brown; an obliquely curved 
silvery white subterminal band from costa to above vein 1, defined 
on inner side by brownish and on outer by a fine blackish line; a 
terminal series of black points and striga at submedian interspace ; 
cilia silvery white with a brown line near base. Hind wing bright 
orange ; a whitish patch suffused with red-brown in, below, and 
beyond end of cell, defined on outer side by an oblique sinuous red- 
brown line; an oblique silvery white subapical bar tinged with red- 
brown; minute silvery white ocellate spots defined by black and 
with black points on their outer edges betore termen above and 
below vein 4, and black points on termen above and below vein 2, 
with black striz before them ; cilia silvery white, red-brown at base 
towards apex and dark brown beyond the spots. 
Hab. Dutcu N. Guryea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 
22 mm. 
(277) Aulacodes argenteopicta, sp. n. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen bright orange; palpi with brown 
rings on 2nd and 3rd joints; fore femora above and tibiz on inner 
side dark brown, the tarsi ringed with brown. Fore wing bright 
orange ; a brown streak below base of costa; an oblique black 
streak above middle of inner margin; the fold in end of cell 
whitish; an ineurved black line beyond the cell between veins 7 
and 4 defining the inner side of an oblique triangular pale orange 
patch; a narrow obliquely curved metallic silver subterminal band 
from below costa to above vein 1 where it is bent inwards, defined 
on outer side by a fine black line; a terminal series of black points 
and striga at submedian interspace; cilia silvery white tinged with 
brown. Hind wing bright orange ; an oblique sinuous black post- 
medial line between the discal and submedian folds ; an obliquely 
curved metallic silver subapical bar defined on outer side by a 
blackish line ; minute metallic silver ocellate spots defined by black 
and with black points on their outer edges before termen above and 
below vein 4, a minute black spot on termen below vein 3 and bar 
