﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  New 
  Guinea. 
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  Ericeia 
  pampcecila, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  collar 
  dull 
  cinnamon-brown, 
  thorax 
  pale 
  

   creamy 
  greyish, 
  abdomen 
  darker. 
  Both 
  wings 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  

   grey, 
  witii 
  various 
  lines 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  crenulated. 
  Primaries 
  

   with 
  base 
  sligiitly 
  mottled 
  ; 
  an 
  interrupted, 
  darkish 
  grey, 
  sub- 
  

   basal 
  line, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  very 
  small 
  orbicular 
  

   stigma 
  ; 
  reniform 
  dull 
  cinnamon, 
  adjoining 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  

   brownish 
  crenulated 
  line 
  ; 
  postmedian 
  line 
  fine, 
  crenulated, 
  

   almost 
  saggitate 
  below 
  the 
  costa; 
  a 
  double 
  crenulated 
  line 
  

   of 
  darker 
  dull 
  cinnamon-brown, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  line 
  between, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  one 
  being 
  edged 
  externally 
  with 
  creamy 
  and 
  having 
  

   an 
  irregular, 
  ochreous, 
  vertical, 
  costal 
  dash 
  ; 
  apex 
  dull 
  

   cinnamon, 
  somewhat 
  wedge-shaped 
  ; 
  termen 
  darkly 
  dotted. 
  

   Secondaries 
  similar 
  in 
  general 
  pattern, 
  but 
  the 
  postmedian 
  

   area 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  crenulateand 
  saggitate 
  

   lines 
  of 
  cinnamon-brown, 
  edged 
  internally 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  grey 
  

   line. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  54 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ekeikei, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea 
  ; 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  

   {Pratt) 
  . 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  will 
  come 
  next 
  to 
  E. 
  sohria, 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  Ericeia 
  rhanteria, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  (J 
  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  both 
  wings 
  dull 
  cinna- 
  

   mon-brown. 
  Both 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  rough 
  appearance, 
  caused 
  

   partly 
  by 
  being 
  irrorated 
  finely 
  with 
  dark 
  grey. 
  Primaries 
  

   with 
  four 
  white 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  reniform 
  stigma, 
  ojie 
  in 
  each 
  

   corner 
  ; 
  a 
  broadi^h, 
  indefinite, 
  darkish 
  median 
  stripe, 
  on 
  the 
  

   external 
  edge 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  whitish-grey 
  scalloped 
  line 
  from 
  

   vein 
  3 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin; 
  a 
  similarly 
  coloured 
  subapical 
  

   costal 
  patch, 
  below 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  dentate 
  subterminal 
  

   line; 
  termen 
  very 
  finely 
  scalloped 
  with 
  blackish, 
  and 
  with 
  

   interneural 
  black 
  points. 
  Secondaries 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  dark 
  

   grey 
  median 
  stripe, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  being 
  marked 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  primaries, 
  only 
  without 
  any 
  whitish 
  grey 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  52 
  mm. 
  

  

  IJab. 
  Ekeikei 
  (1500 
  feet) 
  ; 
  January 
  and 
  February 
  [Pratt), 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Ericeia 
  spodiaplaca, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  ? 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  both 
  wings 
  pale 
  brownisli, 
  finely 
  

   irrorated 
  wirh 
  grey. 
  Primaries 
  with 
  two 
  white 
  dots 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  touching 
  the 
  lower 
  one 
  is 
  the 
  daik 
  grey 
  

  

  Ann. 
  db 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  xiii. 
  23 
  

  

  