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''Type 3 (parapleural fovea): Noto don ti else, Noctuidse, 

 Agaristidse/^ In his " Summary and Conclusions," he 

 observes that " A study of the base of the abdomen . . . . 

 suggests : (1) The Notodontidse are better placed near the 

 Noctuidse than near the Geometridae and Bombycidte," and 

 on p. 189 he remarks^ a propos of leaving "the Notodontidae 

 as a solitary trifid family in a mass of Quadrifidse," that 

 " possibly the importance of the position of M^ (vein 5) in 

 the fore wing is less than it has been considered. Already 

 we give little weight to it in the hind wing and in certain 

 Hydriomenid Geometridae such as Eudule." 



Eupterotidae. 



Nervicompressa bakeri, sp. n, 

 (PI. III. fig. 15.) 



Nearest to Nervicompressa unistrigata, Bethune-Baker, 

 Nov. Zool. xi. p. 390 (190i) (Brit. New Guinea). Larger, 

 Avings more rounded, and discal line of fore wing placed 

 nearer base. 



(J . Upperside. — Fore iving yellowish brown, apex and 

 outer margin purplish brown, but faintly suffused below 

 vein 5 ; a heavy brown straight discal line from costa at its 

 middle to middle of inner margin ; basal area with greyish- 

 white scaling. Hind wing pale rufous-brown ; a thin dark 

 discal line ; a faint post-discal line and indications of a sub- 

 terminal line. 



Underside darker. Fore iving with discal line faintly 

 showing through from above. Hind wing with markings 

 defined ; subterminal line crenulate and space between it 

 and margin scaled with brownish. 



Antennae black ; head and tegulae rufous ; patagia 

 ochreous ; abdomen, pectus, and legs rufous ; tarsi black. 



Length of fore wing 31 mm. 



Hab. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-4000 feet, Nov. 7 ^ <S . 



Geometridae. 



Subfam. (Enochrouin^. 



Onycodes leptoctenopris, Prout, ? . 

 (PL III. fig. 8.) 



O, leptoctenopris, Prout, Nov. Zool. xx. p. 391 (1913) (Mt. Goliath). 



? . Upperside with pinkish-brown ground-colour. Fore 

 wing with an indistinct basal line ; a greyish discal band 

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