( •101 ) 



one in hindwing ; marginfil area of forewing blackish towards apex, leaving the 

 apex itself white ; of hindwing smoky fuscous. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and palpi marked with brown ; 

 tips of shoulders and patagia fuscous ; a black ring at base of abdomen ; the dorsal 

 segments darker. 



Expanse of wings : 48 — 52 mm. 



4 c?c?,2 ? ¥. 



In one of the c? c? vein 6 of both forewiiigs is symmetrically forked from 

 halfway to margin. 



117. Poecilalcis nigriscripta spec. nov. 

 Forewing : snow-white ; lines and markings velvety black ; central fascia and 

 hindmargin tinged with chocolate-brown ; basal area formed of small blotches of 

 black scales, its edge projecting on submedian fold ; central fascia edged inwardly 

 by an outwardly curved black line from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner 

 maro-in, outwardly by a sinuous black line from three-fifths of costa to three-fifths 

 of inner margin, sinuate inwards towards inner edge on submedian fold ; its centre 

 partially filled up with chocolate-brown, and with an obscure curved median shade ; 

 the central space is preceded and followed by a broad pure white band; the outer one 

 is succeeded by a band of irregular black oblong blotches, joined to a black band 

 consisting of a dependent costal blotch, a round one beyond cell, and an erect blotch 

 from vein 3 to inner margin ; submarginal line white, broad towards costa, narrower 

 and wavy below ; marginal area chocolate-brown, with a black blotch above middle ; 

 a row of black marginal lunnles between veins ; fringe chetpiered black and white. 



Hindidng : pure white, sparsely dark-speckled along costa and hindmargin, 

 with blackish cell-spot, traces of a cloudy submarginal line, containing a dark mark 

 beyond cell, and marginal black spots ; fringe pure white. 



Underside white; forewing with costal spots and speckling black; marginal 

 area tinged towards apex with chocolate ; cell-spot and outer line at costa marked 

 in black, the other markings showing through ; hindwing with cell-spots, marginal 

 spots, and speckling black. 



Palpi white, externally black ; face and vertex white ; antennae speckled black 

 and white ; shoulders, patagia, and thorax white, blotched with black ; abdomen 

 white ; legs black and white mottled ; pectus white ; forecoxae black at base. 



Expanse of wings : 37 mm. 



1 ?. 



Almost certainly a Poecilalcis. 



118. Zygoctenia albisparsa ^Varr. 

 Of this species, described originally from Fergusson Island, a good series has 

 been sent from New Guinea. Zi/fjocfi'ida singidaris Swiuh., '/'/•. E. S. 1902. p. 620, 

 also described from Fergusson Island, is a synonym. 



Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE. 

 110. Casbia albinotata spec. nov. and ab. profusa nov. 

 Forewing : dark fawn-colour, covered with fine darker striae ; costa dark 

 fuscous; three outwardly oblirpie parallel brownish cross-lines; the first at one- 

 fourth, the Becond before the middle, tlio third at two-thirds ; the first (piite straight, 



