58 Messrs. J. J. Jolcey and G. Talbot on neio 



'Ne^rgana7'a*, ]\roore, from Java and Borneo, but markings 

 more distinct and fore wing thickly dotted. 



Imaus basistr'iga, sp, n. 

 (PI. I. fig. 13.) 



Allied to nepha, J. & T. 



(J. Upperside. — Fore iving snow-wliite finely dotted with 

 dark brown and with dark brown markings. A zig-zag 

 basal line^ heavily marked below the cell ; lower edge of 

 cell from base to a fourth of vein 5 outlined with dark 

 brown ; a faint waved antemediau line ; discal and post- 

 discal lines very indistinct ; former defined anteriorly ; a 

 faint strongly dentate subterminal line ; black mariiinal dots 

 between the veins ; discocellulars streaked with dark brown; 

 four dark costal dots before the apex ; a rounded white spot 

 in cell. Hind iciny greyish fuscous^ a white area beyond 

 cell. 



Underside greyish fuscous. Fore iving white below the 

 cell. Hind ivinr/ as alcove. Cilia white. 



Autennaj with comb rufous, shaft white ; head and thorax 

 white ; palpi white, black at sides ; pectus and legs white ; 

 abdomen grey ; anal tuft white. 



Length of fore wiiig 12 mm. 



Hub. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-4000 feet, Nov. 1 J • 



Dasychir aides ohsoJeta t, B.-Bkr. ? . 

 (Pi. 1. fig. M.) 



This species is distinguished from other forms in the genus 

 by the intraneural marginal dots on the fore wing. 



? . Differs from the c? in the basal half of fore wing, 

 except extreme base, being sufi'used with black. 



Length of fore wing 28 mm. 



Hab. British and Dutch New Guinea. 



In Coll. Joicey from Biagi, i\[ambare B., Brit. New 

 Guinea, 5000 feet, Jan. (2 (J J) ; Oetakwa River, S. Dutch 

 New Guinea, Oct.-Dec. (2cJJ'); Fak-Fak, Dutch New 

 Guinea, 1700 feet, Dec. (Ic?) ; Wandammen Mtns., 3000- 

 4000 feet, Nov. (1 (J, 1 $ ). In Tring Museum from Niuay 

 Aalley, Arfuk Mtns. (J ? ). 



* Lymantrxa ganara, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. ii. p. 344 (1859) (Java). 

 t Dasi/chirnides vbsoleta, Bethuue-Baker, Nov. Zool, xi. p. 406, pi. vi. 

 fig. 43, j (1904) (Brit. N. Guiuea). 



