Lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea. 227 
Mimene wandammenensis, sp. n. 
Allied to béakensis, but has not in the ¢ the sex-brand of 
the fore wing complete. 
3. Upperside black-brown. Fore wing with sex-brand 
limited to a small stripe on the anterior sides of the sub- 
median and vein 2, and on both sides of 3; an indistinct 
band formed of scattered yellow scaling on the line of the 
androconia; a thin yellow basal stripe on inner margin ; 
some yellowish hair below the cell. And wing witha very 
indistinctly yellowish basal stripe extending to beyond the 
cel]. Cilia pale yellow from anal angle to vein 4. 
Underside deep purplish brown with a greenish reflection, 
and no markings. 
Head and palpi black with sparse yellow scaling ; antenn 
lost ; thorax and abdomen black, some blackish-brown hair 
at the base of latter ; legs and pectus black-brown. 
Length of fore wing 19 mm. 
Hab. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-4000 feet, Nov., 1 ¢. 
Mimene waigeuensis, sp. n. 
3. Upperside with blackish-brown ground-colour. Fore 
wing with a thin yellow-brown discal band from the sub- 
median to vein 4, crossed by the dark veins, and edged 
proximally by a line of androconia ; ; the androconia form a 
wavy continuous line which becomes thickened in the base of 
cellule 3 to fill the interspace ; below the cell in 2, Le, 14, 
and la some yellow-brown basal scaling. Fringe black- 
brown, yellowish at outer angle. Hind wing with a yellow- 
brown transverse band interrupted by the veins to form four 
spots, the two middle ones being the larger; some dark 
yellow-brown hair in the cell and along inner margin; fringe 
black-brown, yellow-brown between anal angle aha voit a: 
Underside black-brown with a deep purplish sheen, fore 
wing paler than the hind wing. Fore wing with a yellow 
discal patch placed between submedian and vein 3, its inner 
edge better defined than the outer. Hind wing without 
markings. 
Antenne black, with some grey-white scaling on the 
lower surface of the club. Head and palpi black-brown 
mixed with yellow ; thorax black-brown, clothed with dark 
yellow-brown hair ; abdomen black, with dark yellow-brown 
hair at base, segments edged basally with dark grey above 
