IJeterocera froin Dutch Xeto Guinea. 55 



LymantriidsB. 



Euproctis chlorospila, sp. n. 

 (PL I. fig. 8.) 



Allied to echvardsi^, Newm., and huntei-f, "Warr. 

 ^ . Upperside. — Fore iv'wg brownish fuscous with costal 

 area fuscous-urey. Outer margin broadly bright yellow, 

 deeply indented by gronnd-colour in cellule 3 ; a marginal 

 series of spots of ground-colour between the veins, each spot, 

 excepting the one in 2, connected by a thin stripe to the 

 proximal ground-colour ; a bright yellow stripe on 1 c ; an 

 oblong white spot on the discocellular, edged with orange 

 proxinially and distally. Hind lohig bright yellow. 



Underside pale yellow. 



Antennae with comb pale rufous, shaft grey; head and 

 thorax pale yellow ; palpi grey-black ; abdomen orange- 

 yellow above, pale yellow below; pectus, legs, and anal 

 tuft pale yellow. 



Length of fore wing 24 mm. 



Hah. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-4000 feet, Nov. 2 <^ J . 



Euproctis acrita, sp. n. 

 (PI. I. fig. 10.) 



Allied to dersa %, Moore, but differs in the yellow colour of 

 the hind wings and absence of discoidal spot on fore wing. 



($ . Upperside orange-yellow. Fore wing with veins 

 whitish in distal area. 



Underside as above. Fore iving wdth costa whitish. 



Tlie co-type is paler, especially on the underside. 



Antennae with comb grey-brown, shaft pale yellow ; 

 palpi black above, gre3^-white below; head and tegulse pale 

 yellow, patagia orange-yellow ; abdomen above orange- 

 yellow, terminal segments black, below pale yellow ; anal ■ 

 tuft, pectus, and legs pale yellow. 



Length of fore wing 17—19 mm. 



Hub. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-4000 feet, Nov. 2 J <? . 



* Teara edwardsi, Newm. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1856, p. 284, pi. xviii. 

 figs. 9, 10 (Australia). 



t Euproctis huntei, Warren, Nov. Zool. x. p. 120 (1903) (Brit. N. 

 Guinea). 



I Euproctis dersa, Moore,. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. ii. p. 347 (1859) (Java). 



