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abdomen like wings ; shonlders paler jiink : anal segment of S abdomen ochreoiis ; 

 pectus and femora slightly woolly. 



Expanse of wings : cj, 37 mm. ; ¥,35 mm. 



2SS,3 ? ?. 



The forewing of the c? is narrower than that of the ? . 



124. Trochistis fulviplaga spec. nov. 



Forewing : brownish grey, with a slight reddish tinge and finely speckled with 

 black ; the costa pale grey, black-speckled, without any brown or reddish tinge ; the 

 inner and outer lines dark fnscous ; the first close to base from one-si.\th of costa to 

 one-fourth of inner margin, bent on subcostal vein, then straight ; outer from two- 

 thirds of casta, below which it is inbent, straight and oblique to close before anal 

 angle ; median shade brown, sometimes bent in middle, generally nearer inner than 

 outer line, followed by a narrow oval white cell-spot ; outer line followed by two 

 irregular fulvous orange patches one on eacli side of the median vein, sometimes 

 bright and clear and edged with dark scales, sometimes indistinct and coalescent ; 

 often a similarly coloured patch on inner margin at base before first line; small black 

 marginal dots ; fringe rufous grey. 



Ilindicitig : with only two lines, indistinct, and both irregularly waved ; cell- 

 spot white ; fulvous i)atches as in forewings sometimes extended to anal angle. 



Underside whitish ochreous, grey-speckled, with grey outer borders ; outer line 

 an<l costa of forewing also grey ; marginal spots black. 



Face brown ; palpi, vertex, and antennae fuscous: thorax and abdomen rufons 

 grey, like wings ; anal segment whitish oclireous, blotched with dark grey. 



Expanse of wings : <?, 35 mm. ; ? , 30 mm. 



12 (?(?,7 ? ?. 



The ? ? are rather paler than the S S ; the fulvous patches are sometimes very 

 obscure ; in one of the best preserved cJ cJ the white cell-mark of forewing is 

 represented by a black line. 



125. Trochistis scardamiata Warr. 



Of this species, described by mc as a Cusbid (Nov. Zool. v. p. 431), I have 

 hitherto seen only ? ?, the type specimen from Kei Island, and another from Milne 

 Bay, New Guinea. 5 c? c? and 4 ¥ ? are now in the Tring Museum from the Upper 

 Aroa River, British New Guinea, taken between January and April 1003, by 

 A. 8. Meek. The S S are on the average slightly larger than the ¥ ¥, with the 

 markings somewhat more distinct, the main difference being in the discal spot of 

 forewing, which is large and silvery white, with a small black dot on its lower 

 edge; in the hind wing it remains as in the ¥ , a small black dot in a silvery ring. 

 The purplish marginal fascia of the underside is usually much less developed than 

 in the ¥. Further, on the submedian fold of forewing near base there appears a 

 small pale metallic dot, which is not visible in the ¥ ¥ . 



Scardamia fasciata Warr., Nov. Zool. iii. p. 2i)6, described from Fergnsson 

 Islan<l, and which also occurs in New Guinea, must be transferred to Trochistis. 



Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE. 

 Euippe inferna spec. nov. 

 Foreying : dull greyish slate-colour, striated with darker; the lines sliglitiy 

 darker, but obscure ; the first, near base, marked only by spots on veins ; the outer, 



