442 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Bakev on new 



grey, creamy oclireous on the costa and aborted part of the 

 cell. 



Expanse 22-24 mm. 



Hub. Arfak Mountains, 4000 feet; February and March. 



Type in Coll. Kenrick. 



Chioncema nigroplagata, sp. n. 



£. Head and thorax whitish, the latter with dark grey 

 collar and patagia : abdomen whitish. Primaries with costa 

 dark grey ; a small white spot at the base and two near the 

 centre, apex also white ; cell dirty grey-white below and 

 beyond up to the termen ; an irregular dark grey patch near 

 the centre of the inner margin, with a diamond-shaped outline 

 in dark grey above it ; a large dark grey patch beyond this 

 in the postmedian area ; terminal area broadly white, termen 

 itself spotted with dark grey, decreasing in size towards the 

 tornus. Secondaries clear creamy white. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Hab. Mount Kebea, British New Guinea, 6000 feet; 

 March to April. 



Type in my collection. 



Near C. melanoplagia, Hmpsn. 



Chioncema inusitata, sp. n. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy grey, the latter 

 with the median segments dark grey. Primaries creamy 

 grey, with a broad median darker grey band, the central part 

 of which is obsolete; postmedian and terminal areas darker 

 grey, with an angulated creamy-grey stripe dividing it from 

 the former and terminating in the tornus; an obscure small 

 pale spot is on the inner margin in the postmedian area. 

 (Secondaries with the basal half creamy white, the terminal 

 part being grey. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, head and thorax 

 with a central creamy stripe. Primaries like the male in 

 general pattern, but much darker and whiter — thus the base 

 and postmedian areas are white and very irregular, the median 

 area is very broadly dark grey, irregular, with two sharp 

 serrations externally and two white spots in the middle ; 

 postmedian and terminal areas as in the male, but the grey is 

 quite dark and the light lines are white. Secondaries 

 uniform pale grey. 



Expanse, <$ 32, ? 34 mm. 



Hub. Arfak Mountains, 4000 feet ; February and March. 



Types in Coll. Kenrick. 



