400 Sir G. F. Hampson on neiu 



124 a. Roeselia hemizona, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax ochreous white, tlie latter suffused 

 with red-brown ; palpi dark brown ; antennae red-brown ; 

 legs suffused with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown with pale 

 rings ; abdomen white, slightly tinged with red-brown. 

 Fore wing ochreous white, tlie .costal area to beyond middle 

 and the terminal area sufl'used with red-brown ; an oblique 

 red -brown bar from middle of costa to just below end of cell, 

 defined at sides by white and with a few silvery scales on it; 

 postmedial line very indistinct, oblique from the red-brown 

 costalarea to vein 4, then incurved; traces of a punctiform 

 subterminal line, angled inwards at vein 2 ; the veins of 

 terminal area with slight dark streaks on apical half. Hind 

 wing white, the termen and cilia faintly tinged with red- 

 brown except towards tornus ; the underside with the costal 

 area faintly tinged with ochreous. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 c? type. 

 Bxp. 20 mm. 



151 «. Roeselia atrinota, sp. n. 



Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell. 



cJ . Head and thorax silvery white with a few blackish 

 scales ; palpi blackish ; antennae brown ; the tegulae witli 

 diffused blackish medial band ; tibiae and tarsi banded with 

 brown; abdomen white suffused with ochreous brown. Fore 

 w^ing silvery white irrorated Avith a few black scales, the 

 apical area blackish to vein 3, with some silvery scales on it 

 and a whitish patch on costa at apex ; some brown suffusion 

 on costa near base with a white subbasal striga on it ; medial 

 line indistinct, double, blackish, with some blackish suffusion 

 on it at costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian 

 fold, then bent inwards to inner margin where there is a 

 conical blackish patch on it ; traces of an oblique black 

 postmedial line before the dark apical area from costa to 

 vein 4 and a black point in submedian fold, some wdiitish 

 points beyond it on costa ; traces of some black and whitish 

 subterminal points on the dark apical area ; a slight puncti- 

 form black terminal line ; cilia blackish on apical half, 

 whitish mixed with brown on inner half, and with slight 

 dark line through them. Hind wing white tinged with 

 brown, the terminal area suffused with brown except towards 

 tornus ; cilia with a dark line through them ; the underside 

 with oblique dark discoidal striga. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 (^ type. 

 Exp. 22 mm. 



