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NEW :M0THS from BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 



By W, WAUEEN, AI.A., F.E.S. 



The insects described in this jiaper were collected by his Excelleuc}' the Governor 

 of British New Guinea, Mr. G. K. Le Hunte, who presented the types to 

 the Tring Mnsenm. 



LYMANTRIIDAE. 



1. Euproctis huntei sp. nov. 



?. Forewinqs : dull deep yellow, snfiused with vui'ons brown scales, the only 

 unsuffused area being along the hindmargin, into which paler area the brown 

 sufl'used field projects between veins 3 and 5, and slight patches of the same 

 tint lie along the margin between the veins ; costa and veins be)'ond middle 

 pale yellow ; a pale whitish yellow patch immediately beyond the discocellnlar ; 

 fringe rufous brown. 



Hindnings : uniform pale orange, deeper tinged along submedian told : fringe 

 yellow. 



Underside dull yellow, deeper in forewings. Head, antennae, and thorax- 

 yellowish, with a brownish tinge ; nlidomen fnscous brown, with the segmental 

 rings narrowly pale ; anal hairs greyish brown, anal segment snow-white. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



One ? from British New Guinea. 



Nearest to Eiiproefis edwardsi Newm. from Australia, the S of which species 

 has the dorsum nearly black and the anal segment yellow. 



NOTODONTIDAE. 

 -. Turnaca subcarnea sp. nov. 



Foreicings : hoary whitish, thickly strewn with dull flesh-coloured and brown 

 scales, the unsuifused portions forming two diffusely margined streaks reaching 

 hindmargin, one from cell to below apes, the other from below cell running 

 between veins 3 and 4 ; a postmediau strongly curved line of dark dots on veins 

 from five-sixths of costa to above middle of inner margin ; fringe whitisli, 

 with brown and flesh-coloured patches of scales at the ends of veins. 



Ilindwings : uniform dull rosy ; the fringe white, chequered with rosy. 



Underside of forewings rosy like the upperside of hindwings ; of hindwings 

 whitish, faintly flushed with rosy. Head and tiiurax like forewings ; abdomen 

 tinged above with the rosy of hindwings ; palpi externally ))rowu. 



Expanse of wings : .52 mm. 



One ? from British New Guinea. 



GEOMETRIDAE. 



Iridobapta gen. nov. 



fUosely allied to Bapta, but distinguished by the nearatiou of the forewings : 

 in these veins 11, 7, 10, 8, 9, are all stalked from some distance before end of 

 cell, rising in the order named, 11 being connected with 12 by a bar. 



