C 192 ) 



NEW LITHOSIANAE. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



(Continuation from Vol. X/X. p. 246.) 



1T3. Chionaema postdivisa sp. uov. 



¥. Head and anteniiap black; thorax black, teguhie and jiatagia oraugi- ; 



abdomen black. Forewing orange ; costal and terminal margins and tornal 



halt' of wing below median fold black. Hindwing : basal half orange, apical half 



black narrowing to point on abdominal margin. 



Length of forewing : lU mm. 



Ifab. Lower Mambarc River, British New Guinea, May ]'J06 (A. >S. Meek). 



1T4. Chionaema bicolor sp. nov. 



(?. Head and antennae black, thorax dark orange, basal half of tegulae black ; 



abdomen black, anal tuft rixfoas orange. Forewing : basal three-fifths orange, 



outer two-fifths black. Hindwing : inner three-fifths orange, outer two-fifths 



black, a long black streak in abdominal fold. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. , 



JJal). German New Guinea. 



ITo. Chionaema basialba sp. nov. 



?. Head, antennae, and thorax liver-brown, hind part of thorax and ends 

 of l)atagia white; abdomen, basal three segments grey, rest liver-brown, anal tuft 



white. Forewing liver-brown; basal quarter white with basal browu spot, a 



median white blotch reaching from costa almost across cell, a white spot beyond 

 on costa, a large white apical blotch and a white subtcrminal patch from tornns 



to vein 3, terminal row of black-brown spots joined by hairline. Hindwing dark 



mouse-grey, terminal edge browu, fringe grey. 



Length of forewing : 15-5 mm. 



IJab. Biagi, Mambare River, British New Guinea, oHim) ff., February iy06 

 (A. S. Meek). 



176. Chionaema lignaria sp. nov. 



d. Head, antennae, thorax and abdomen greyish creamy butf jiowdered with 



browu scales. Forewing greyish cream-buti' strcakily clouded with browu scaling 



giving it the appearance of wood, a stigma-like dot in cell. Hindwing greyish 



white washed with rosy grey towards aiiex. 



Length of forewing : 12'5 mm. 



/fab. Biagi, Mamljure River, British New Guinea, oUUO ft., February 19u6 

 (A. S. Meek). 



177. Chionaema pyralina sp. nov. 



S. Antennae brown ; head and thorax reddish liver-brown ; abdomen sooty 



brown, anal tuft orange-buff. Forewiug reddish liver-brown with a purple flush ; 



basal two-fifths completely saturated with blackish purple-chocolate, two bands 



