THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 35. NOVEMBER 1910 



XLIX. — Descriptions of neio Species of Heterocera from New 

 Guinea. By G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Arctiadae. 

 BLAVIODES, gen. nov. 



Antennse bipectinate to the tip and with cilia, tibise with 

 spurs. Second segment of abdomen raised into a ridge on 

 the dorsum, from which arise tufts of long hair. Neuration : 

 vein 5 absent in both wings. Primaries : 2 from cell, 3 and 



4 stalked, 6 from cell ; 7, 8, and 9 stalked ; 10 free from cell ; 

 11 arising from behind the middle of cell (i. e. nearer base) 

 and anastomosing shortly with 12. Secondaries with 4 and 



5 absent ; 2 and 3 arising separately from cell ; 6 and 7 

 strongly bent from the angle of the cell ; 8 anastomosing 

 shortly at the base with 7, long. 



Type, Blaviodes ochracea, B-B. 



Blaviodes ochracea, sp. n. 



$ . Head, antennae, and thorax dull ochreous ; abdomen 

 grey, with ochreous anal segment. Primaries uniform dull 

 ochreous, shading into greyish at the termen. Secondaries 



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