THAL-liiNOIDES. 557 



*o3. Phalaeuoides megisto. (Plate LII. fig. 6.) 



Agarista megisto, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, Lep. p. 179, pi. v. f. 5 (1832); 



Kirby, Cat. Uet. p. 23. 

 Vifesm pyraliformis, Wlk. xxxi. 220 (1864); Swinb. Cat. Ilet. Mus. 



Oxon. p. 159. 



2 . Head and thorax orange ; palpi with some black hairs, the 

 2nd joint behind and 3rd joint black : antenna) black ; tegula) and 

 patagiawith black spots; legs black with whitisli streaks ; abdomen 

 black tinged with blue, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing 

 fuscous black, tinged with blue except terminal half; the veins, cell, 

 and siibmedian fold streaked with grey, the last forking towards tlie 

 antemedial band ; a subbasal grey line expanding into a patch on 

 inner margin ; an antemedial yellowish band narrowing to costa ; 

 a grey line across end of cell ; an oblique yellowish l)anc] from 

 vein 7 just beyond the cell to vein 1 near tornus. Hind wing 

 black-brown tinged with blue ; cilia grey except towards apex. 



Hah. DoREr ; N. Guinea {Walluce), 1 5 iy^Q'\- pyraliformis in 

 Mus. Oxon. E,V2^. 58 millim. 



*54. Phalaenoides restricta. 



Pkalcsnoides resfrieius, Eotlis. Nov. Zool. iv. p. oil, pi. 7. f. 8 (1897). 



$ . Head, tegulae, and patagia orange, the 3rd joint of palpi, 

 antennae, and patches on tegulae black ; thorax black, with orange 

 patch on metathorax ; abdomen black shot witli blue, the terminal 

 segment orange. Fore wing black, shot with metallic blue to 

 beyond middle ; a whitisli streak on base of inner margin ; an 

 oblique narrow yellowish-white antemedial band not reaching costa : 

 a spot in end of cell ; an erect diamond-shaped patch beyond lower 

 angle of cell ; the veins of terminal area streaked with white 

 except towards tornus. Hind wing blue-black ; cilia white except 

 towards apex. 



Hah. New Britain {Rlhhc), type f 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exi), 

 46 millim. 



*55. Phalsenoides basiplaga. 



Vhalcenoides basiplaga, Roths. Nov. Zool. vii. p. 275, pi. 5. f. 5 (1900). 



2 . Head and thorax orange, the 3rd joint of ]Kil])i, antenna", 

 and spots on tegiila) and patagia black ; pectus and legs black, the 

 coxte orange, the tibi* streaked with grey. Fore wing black, shot 

 with motallic blue to beyond middle; the base of inner margin with 

 whitish streak ; a subbasal yellowish-white lino ; an oblicjue ante- 

 medial band ; an obliijue postmedial band from below costa to 

 vein 1 attenuate at extremities, angled inwards on discocellulars 

 and outward.s on vein 2 ; the veins streaked with white on medial 

 and terminal areas. Hind wing with the basal half yellowish 

 white, its outer edge strongly excurvcd at middle, the costal area 

 and a streak on base of median nervure black; the terminal area 

 black ; cilia white except towards apc.\. 



