S2)ecies of VyraWdx. 11 



(52 «) Sylepta heliochroa, sp. n. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen veiy pale yellow ; pectus, 

 legjs, and ventral surfiice of abdomen vbite, the fore legs 

 faintly tinged "with brown. Fore wing very pale yellow, 

 the costa whitish, the termen with faint dark shade expanding 

 at apex. Hind wing very pale yellow. 



? . Abdomen dorsally fulvous except at base ; fore wing 

 without trace of the terminal shade. 



Hab. Br. N, Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 c?, 2 ? type. 

 E.rp. SO mm. 



(52 i) Si/Iepia tetrathyralis, sp. n. 



^. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; palpi 

 with the third joint black ; maxillary palpi black above ; 

 pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing 

 orange-yellow, the medial area sufi'uscd with fulvous except 

 the costal area and inner margin ; the costal edge black ; 

 a hyaline spot from middle of cell to above vein 1 connected 

 with a hyaline point beyond it in cell ; a yellow point at 

 upper angle of cell and a hyaline spot beyond, lower angle 

 between veins 5 and 2 ; an indistinct dili'used waved sub- 

 terminal line, incurved from vein 6 to below 5. Hind wing 

 orange-yellow ; some fulvous suffusion on basal inner area ; 

 a small dark brown mark on median nervure near base 

 followed by a hyaline patch from middle of cell to submedian 

 fold, then a fulvous- brown patch extending to beyond cell 

 with a hyaline spot on it beyond lo\Aer angle, somewhat 

 constricted at middle ; an indistinct, rather diffused, waved 

 fulvous snbterminal line. 



Hub. S.W. New Guinica, Kapaur [Doherty), 1 r^ type. 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



(59 a) Sylepta attenualis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with brown ; ab- 

 domen pale ochreous dorsally tinged with brown and with 

 paired subdorsal black points on third segment, in male very 

 elongate and attenuated ; Avings thinly scaled. Fore wing 

 elongate and produced at apex ; pale ochreous irrorated with 

 brown especially on costal area to postmedial line ; a subbasal 

 black spot on inner margin ; an oblique sinuous fuscous aute- 

 medial line ; a black point in middle of cell and discoidal bar ; 

 postmedial line fuscous, bent outwards below veins 5 and 2, 

 then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique to inner 

 margin ; a punctiform black terminal line ; cilia whitish 



