222 Mr, A . G. Butler on new Lepidoptera 



15. Cleis hypoleuca^ sp. n. 



Allied to C. versicolor ; dark purplish brown : primaries 

 with a bright ochreous subpyriform patch, placed obliquely 

 beyond the middle, the males also with a more or less prominent 

 orange tapering submarginal streak, speckled with black : 

 secondaries with a rather large bright ochreous spot, rounded 

 in front, but with two notches out of its posterior edge. Face, 

 palpi, antennje, edge of collar, and margins of abdominal 

 segments orange. Wings below almost as in the preceding 

 species, but with a continuous series of pearly white submar- 

 ginal spots. Expanse of wings, ^ 35 millim., ? 30-36 

 millim. 



Alu, Shortland Island (fourteen examples) ; $ , Ulaua. 



The females vary more than the males both in size and in 

 the size of the ochreous patches on the wings. 



Nyctemeridae. 



16. Nyctemera aluensis, sp, n. 



(J $ . Nearly allied to N. Herkhtsii and N. baulus, but 

 differing from both in the decidedly wider white belt across 

 the primaries, the outer edge of which is considerably more 

 convex and the veins across which are always well defined ; 

 the discoidal and interno-median longitudinal white stripes on 

 the primaries are always distinct, and in some examples of 

 both sexes are so wide as entirely to alter the aspect of the 

 insect ; there can, however, be little doubt that these modifi- 

 cations are due to individual variation and are not specific 

 characters. Expanse of wings 48 millim. 



(J ? , Alu Island (four specimens) ; ? , N.W. Bay, Ma- 

 lay ta, 29th May, 1886. 



Var. with wider longitudinal stripes on primaries. 

 <J ? , Alu Island (four specimens). 



17. Leptosoma sexmaculatum, sp. n. 



Allied to L. luctuosum, but with two large white patches 

 on the disk of primaries in place of the white band of that 

 species : primaries black, a large, nearly triangular, bifid 

 white patch on basal area and two large patches, one above 

 the other, beyond the middle, the upper one slightly 

 impinging upon the discoidal cell : secondaries white, with 

 black costal and external borders of the usual form and 

 narrow blackish abdominal margin. Body of the usual type. 



