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not known from Dntch Npw Gninea, while the band of botli wings is orange in t.he 

 d S from the Northern Moinccas (bei'iititeim), and from the sonth-eastern parts of 

 New Gninea (meeki). We have elsewhere suggested that bernsteini, longiprdpin, 

 huonis and meelii are geogra])hical raocs of the same insect. The present insect 

 confirms this belief. 7. flivcrsa, described above, is possibly a mountain form of 

 the same species. We have as yet nut found any strnctural diilerences between 

 the insects mentioned. 



37. Phalaenoides resplendens spec. nov. (PI. Xll. f. 37. cf.) 



(?. Head black, a spot at each side of frons, and a line behind eye continued to 

 antenna, white ; iirst segment of jialpns, breast, a lateral spot on j)rothorax, hairs 

 of femora and tip of abdomen orange ; second segment of [lalpus black at sides. 

 edged with yellow above, clothed with a mixture of black, white and yellow scales 

 beneath. Thorax above and abdomen bine-black, the latter ringed witli bluish 

 white ; underside of abdomen bluish grey-white. 



Wings bine-black. Upperside. Forewing : a white band beyond cell, from 



costal margin to M'-', straight, continued beyond M^ by a small dash, which is 

 parallel with the distal margin of the wing ; some glaucous blue scales near the 



band, veins distally streaked with glaucous bine. Hindwing very strongly 



glossy ; a large white area, rounded anteriorly and distally. 



Underside of both wings glossy blue, bnt much less glossy than the ujjperside 



of the hindwing ; bases streaked with glaucous bine. Forewing : no blue lines 



on veins in distal area of wing ; white band broader than above. Hindwing: 



white area slightly edged with glaucous blue. 



Length of forewing : 25 mm. 



Hab. Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea (A. S. Meek and Eichhorn). 



One S. 



38. Burgena reducta spec. nov. 



(?. Similar to splendens. White spots of frons and the yellow colour of 

 pronotnm, breast and abdomen, and the band of the hindwing much reduced. 

 Upperside of both wings strongly glossy ; white cell-spot of forewing larger than 

 in splendens, the discal patch situated near lower angle of cell also larger, consisting 

 of three streaks ; the yellow band of the hindwing either rednced to an ill-defined 

 spot situated at alidominal margin (cj), or to a narrow ill-defined bnnd (?) which 

 extends from abdominal margin to apex of cell. On the midertiide the yellow band 

 is rather broader and longer than above. 



Ilab. Kulambangra, Rubiana, Solomon Islands, February 27th, 11HI2 (Meek 

 and Eichhorn). 



One i)air. 



3i). Argyrolepidia aurea Jordan, Nov. Zool. x. p. 312. n. 1 (1!M)3 (Aroa River). 



(Fl. XII. f. 21. (?.) 



40. Scrobigera vacillans taeniata subs|i. nov. 



c??. Markings of forewing white, the three mesial s])ots of vac. mcillans 

 (South Celebes) merged together into a complete l)and, which is very slightly 

 curved. Band of hindwing of cJ deeper orange and wider than in mc. rwillans ; 

 fringe of ? white only at ajiex. 



JInh. Sawangan, North Celebes. 



Four Si, one ?. 



