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  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Betliune-Baker 
  on 
  nei 
  

  

  XXXTX. 
  — 
  Dei^cripiions 
  of 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Tleterocera 
  from 
  

   New 
  Guinea. 
  By 
  G. 
  T. 
  liETiiUNE-BAKER, 
  F.L.S., 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Stictoptera 
  arcuata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Palpi 
  irrovated 
  cliestnut-colour, 
  end 
  of 
  second 
  segment 
  

   ringed 
  witli 
  creamyj 
  end 
  segment 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  frons 
  ochreous 
  

   grey 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  collar 
  very 
  deep 
  velvety 
  brown, 
  collar 
  edged 
  

   and 
  divided 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  grey. 
  Primaries 
  ochreous 
  gi'ey, 
  a 
  subbasal 
  patch 
  of 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  edged 
  with 
  whitisli 
  internally, 
  subtriaiignlar 
  

   externally; 
  median 
  area 
  pale 
  brownish; 
  reniform 
  very 
  dark 
  

   velvety 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  prominent, 
  arched, 
  dark 
  velvety 
  brown 
  

   stripe 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  tornus, 
  the 
  area 
  between 
  this 
  

   and 
  the 
  pale 
  brown 
  median 
  being 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  grey 
  ; 
  termen 
  

   above 
  the 
  arched 
  stripe 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  shading 
  darker 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  a 
  subapical, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  wedge-shaped 
  costal 
  mark, 
  

   outside 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  short, 
  ochreous, 
  sharply 
  dentate 
  line 
  ; 
  

   termen 
  with 
  slight 
  interneural 
  dark 
  dashes, 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  

   dentate 
  postmedian 
  line 
  internal 
  to 
  the 
  wedge-shaped 
  costal 
  

   patch. 
  Secondaries 
  hyaline 
  for 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  for 
  the 
  terminal 
  third. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  41 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mount 
  Kebea, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea; 
  March 
  and 
  

   April 
  (Pratt). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Parallella 
  crenulata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  olive-brown, 
  abdomen 
  greyish. 
  Pri- 
  

   maries 
  olive-brown, 
  with 
  a 
  subdued 
  almost 
  golden 
  hue 
  in 
  

   parts 
  ; 
  an 
  irregular, 
  oblique, 
  slightly 
  waved, 
  subbasal, 
  fine 
  

   dark 
  line, 
  ending 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  whitish 
  spot 
  

   near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  an 
  indefinite 
  (internally) 
  lilac 
  band 
  

   l)eyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  definitely 
  terminated 
  externally 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   curved, 
  edging 
  a 
  darker 
  area 
  for 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing; 
  post- 
  

   median 
  line 
  crenulate, 
  fine, 
  sharply 
  obliqne 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  

   vein 
  6, 
  then 
  receding 
  and 
  dee|>ly 
  cienulate 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  indefinite 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  tornus, 
  

   beyond 
  which 
  the 
  termen 
  is 
  lilaceous. 
  Secondaries 
  dark 
  

   brownish, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  indefinite 
  median 
  line, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  

   whitish 
  dash 
  at 
  the 
  tornus. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  58-63 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ekeikei, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea 
  ; 
  January 
  and 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  {Pratt). 
  

  

  Type 
  ill 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  