230 Mr. W. Warren on new 



basal segments of the latter a little paler. Underside pale 

 ochreous; the costa of fore wings neatly marked with vertical 

 black strigas ; a velvety black discal blotch, with orange 

 markings in the middle and long yellowish streaks and scales 

 above and below them ; a bright chestnut stripe below costa 

 from middle to apex ; a vertical chestnut fascia from inner 

 margin beyond middle to a dull blackish subcostal spot; a 

 broader chestnut fascia from before anal angle to near costa, 

 thence bent obliquely to middle of hind margin. Hind wings 

 with indications of chestnut fascise towards apex and hind 

 margin. 



In the female the velvety black discal blotch is much 

 reduced and the subcostal stripe is continued to the base. 



Expanse of wings 24 millim. 



Several from Biak and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. 



Family Epiplemidse. 

 Genus Dirades, Moore. 

 Dtrades? ambigua^ sp. n. 



Fore wings greyish fawn-colour, slightly dusted with dark 

 atoms; the lines ferruginous, first from costa at one third to 

 middle of inner margin, strongly curved outwards in the 

 middle, second at two thirds, also curved outwards to the 

 middle, then inbent, and reaching the inner margin at three 

 fourths ; the space included between the lines slightly darker 

 than the rest of the wing ; a ferruginous triangular blotch on 

 hind margin opposite the cell, with three black spots along its 

 inner edge, often confluent, and a minute isolated black dot 

 above it ; fringe chequered pale ochreous and dark grey, with 

 a rather broad dark grey basal line. Hind wings like fore 

 wings, with two isolated black submarginal dots, one near the 

 base of each tail. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous 

 with wings ; face dark brown. Underside pale grey, with 

 darker frccklings ; the hind wings paler than the fore wings, 

 with the second black dot expressed. 



Expanse of wings, ^ 20, ? 24 millim. 



Several from the Khasia Hills. 



The male is paler throughout than the female, and the first 

 line appears to start from the costa further from the base. 

 There is no trace in the hind wings of the male of any tuft of 

 hair or distortion of the veins on the inner margin ; in the 

 fore wings tiie apex is bluntly rounded; the hind margin 

 oblique and faintly excised opposite the cell ,• in both sexes 



