172 Mr. L. B. Prout on 
represented in the Joicey collection, and presumably through- 
out the genus. Snellen’s challenge of it (Tijd. v. Ent. 
XXvill. p. 11) was due to his erroneous composition of the 
genus, and it is curious that Hampson, who has purified it, 
has not noticed the palpal structure in more detail. 
12. Lagoptera rubida velutina (Warr., MS.?), subsp. n. 
2 —Differs from rubida rubida, Walk., as follows : Pectus 
much darker, strongly mixed with dark grey-brown. 
Fore wing with posterior spot of reniform stigma (not 
mentioned in Hampson’s description) much larger, nearly 
confluent with anterior spot, pale with dark centre ; anterior 
part of postmedian line more sharply defined; pale distal 
border of more uniform width nearly to tornus, then 
obliquely cut off, the ground-colour running to tornus. 
Hind wing with the blue-white band at least twice as 
broad (5 mm.), narrowing gradually at its extremities. 
Underside rather more smoky than in r. rubida. 
Arfak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea (Prat/), type and 
another, the type from Angi Lakes, 6000 feet, March 1914; 
the type labelled by Talbot “ Lagoptera rubida velutina 
Warr.,” which must be an unpublished name. 
Perhaps a separate species. 
13. Lagoptera ochrobrunnea, Strand. 
Lagoptera inversa ab. ochrobrunnea, Strand, Arch. Nat. lxxix. A, (8) 
p- 71 (1914) (=ab. 1, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. xii. p. 419). 
It was overlooked by Hampson that this is a perfectly 
distinct species, and the differentiation from true mversa, 
Walk. (=divirgata, Suell.), though just sufficient to give 
validity to Strand’s name, needs supplementing. 
g ?.—Size and nearly shape of znversa, distal margin 
of hind wing perhaps shghtly more irregular. Head and 
thorax more tinged with ochreous, pectus and underside of 
palpus clear ochreous. Abdomen rather paler, beneath more 
mixed with ochreous. 
Fore wing more ochreous-brown than in imversa ; subbasal 
line obsolete, except for the feeblest traces costally ; ante- 
median rather more proximally placed ; median area ample 
(8-10 mm. wide), containing in addition to the reniform a 
black proximal dot representing the orhicular ; distal area 
without pale line in front of R’; narrow pale terminal band 
rather broader and more variegated than in inversa. 
Hind wing with the bluish-white band much narrower and 
shorter than in inversa; wlnite patches on fringe more 
ochreous and more extended than in inversa. 
