Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera. 339 



mnrf^in, and small dark black Innules, inwardly pale-edged, 

 on the margin : hind wings smoky white, veins black; a very 

 broad, even, black marginal band, occupying- one-third of the 

 wing-space ; cilia white. Underside much as in wetterensis^ 



p]xpanse of wings ]i inch. 



JJab. Tonglo, ISolomon Islands. 



Stidoptera dispar, nov. 



S ? . Palpiy bead, body, and fore wings dark cliocolate- 

 brown, nearly black ; palpi grey in tVoiit : fore wing with the 

 base and outer portions slightly paler, markings very in- 

 distinct ; a transverse, somewhat oblique, and very indistinct 

 band, postmedial, parallel with the outer margin, and beyond 

 the reiiiform, a j)aler band adjoining its outer side somewhat 

 reddish-tinged, with some obsc'Uie black sjjotsin it, and black 

 luiiular marks on the margin : hind wings smoky white, the 

 veins black ; outer margin broadly and evenly black, occu- 

 pying u)ore than one-third of the wing. Underside of the 

 usual pattern, but the fore wing has four rather prominent 

 white spots on the costa before the apex, and the hind wing a 

 prominent discal lunular bar which runs up to the costa. 



Expanse of wings l-j^^j inch. 



llab. i\lt. Kebea, lint. N. Guinea, 6000'. 



I have four exainj)les which 1 received as S. macromvia y 

 Snellen (from Celebes), but they do not correspond with 

 ISneilen's figure or description, or with Hampson's descrij^tiou 

 in Plial. xi. p. 1G2. 



Stictoptera coinmidaia, nov. 



? . Fore wings much as in dispar, but there is a very 

 large round white spot below the ceil at the base of vein 3, 

 which slightly enters the cell and also slightly crosses vein 2 ; 

 at the base of the wing there are some dull oehreous scales 

 and dull oehreous hairs covering the upper sides of the thorax, 

 two spots behind, and some on the hrst two segments of the 

 abdomen : hind wings and underside as in dispai-. 



Expanse of wings Ij^q inch. 



Hab. Mt. Kebea, Biit. N. Guinea, 6000'. 



Two exaniples. 



Family Epiplemidae. 

 Epiplema rhacina, nov. 



(S . Upperside of a uniform olive-brown colour : fore wing 

 with the basal half of the costa irrorated with dark brown; a 



