539 NOCTUID. 
slightly defined on inner side by whitish from costa before middle to 
middle of inner margin; a slight dark discoidal striga ; a dark line 
defined on outer side by white, oblique from costa to vein 3, then 
curved round to inner margin before tornus; a curved series of 
small dark subapical spots from costa to below vein 7 and sub- 
terminal spots below veins 5 and 4, cilia whitish towards apex. 
Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the submedian interspace 
whiter except towards termen; cilia white at tips. | Underside 
of fore wing with the costal area pale rufous. 
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 3g, Ekeikei (Pratt), 
20. Evp. 42-44 millim. Type? in Coll. Bethune-Baker. 
6910. Aiteta iridias. (Plate CLXXXVIILI. fig. 3.) 
Thyrsoscelis iridias, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 473. 
2. Head and thorax chocolate red-brown with a purplish tinge ; 
antenne with the outer side of basal joint white; some white 
scales below tegule; pectusand legs white, the latter irrorated with 
red-brown, the tarsi red-brown ringed with white ; abdomen greyish 
fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface white. Fore wing rufous 
tinged with purplish especially on inner and terminal areas; the 
costal edge whitish ; antemedial line chocolate-brown defined on 
inner side by whitish, oblique from costa to middle of inner margin ; 
a slight dark discoidal bar ; postmedial line chocolate-brown defined 
on outer side by whitish and with some purplish suffusion beyond 
it, oblique from eosta to vein 3 near termen, then subterminal; a 
eurved macnlate subapical dark line from costa to below vein 7 and 
a small subterminal spot below vein 5. Hind wing grey suffused 
with fuscous brown; cilia pale brown at base, white at tips. 
Underside of fore wing fuscous with the costal and terminal 
areas bright rufous ; hind wing white, the costal area bright rufous, 
the terminal area suffused with brown. 
Hab, Durcu N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 9 ; 
Br. N, Guinea, Mt. Obru. Lap. 40 millim. 
6911. Aiteta elaina. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 4.) 
Capotena elaina, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 492 (1901). 
¢. Head and thorax bright rufous; antenne with the basal 
joint white at sides; pectus white; hind femora and tibie 
white; abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft pinkish rufous, the 
ventral surface white tinged with pinkish. Fore wing bright 
rufous irrorated with fuscous, the inner area slightly tinged with 
fuscous except towards base ; an oblique dark brown line from costa 
before middle to middle of inner margin; a slight dark discoidal 
striga and shade beyond lower angle of ccll; an oblique line from 
costa beyond middle to below vein 3, then bent inwards to inner 
margin as a subterminal line; a curved dark shade from costa 
towards apex to yein 7 and slight subterminal spots below veins 7 
