82 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on new 



Taragama castanea, sp. n, 

 (PI. II. fig. 9.) 



S • Upperside dark chestnut-brown. Fore wing with a 

 dark but indistinct basal line and a similar anteniedian 

 line ; a distinct post-discal line, outwardly curved to vein 5 

 and then curved inwards, distally edged with pale ochreous 

 below vein 5 ; a subterininal row of small black spots be- 

 tween the veins, each spot edged proximally with ochreous; 

 margin washed with ochreous near apex and the rest scaled 

 with greyish ochreous. Hind wing with a black, indistinct, 

 curved discal line ; fringe white. 



Underside same colour as above. Fore wing with a post- 

 discal line more heavily marked. Hind wing with discal 

 line as above and trace of a post-discal line. 



Antennse ochreous ; palpi, head, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs dark chestnut-brown ; eyes densely hairy. 



Length of fore wing 25 mm. 



Hah. Arfak Mtns., Angi Lakes, 6000 feet. Jan.-Feb. 



Ic?. ' 



We place this distinct species, provisionally, in Taragama, 



but it differs from typical forms of that genus in the hairy 



eyes and the smaller palpi. 



Opsirhina melanacra, sp. n. 

 (PI. II. fig. 8.) 1 



cJ . Upperside reddish brown. Fo7-e iving with apical 

 area dusted with greyish black ; a straight and oblique 

 blackish post-discal line. Hind wing with some greyish- 

 black dusting along the outer margin. 



Underside reddish brown. Fore z^'zw^ as above, but with a 

 trace of a subterrainal blackish line; some grey dusting at 

 outer angle. Hind wing Mith a darker brown post-discal 

 line ; distal margin dusted with grey, formed by an admix- 

 ture of whitish hairs. 



Antennae black ; palpi, head, and thorax rufous ; abdomen 

 blackish above, rufous below ; legs rufous. 



Length of fore wing 15 mm. 



Hab. Wandammen Mtns., 3000-1000 feet, Nov. 1 S- 



Drepanidae. 



Holoreta leucospila, sp. n. 

 (PI. III. fig. 12.) 



Allied to Holoreta cervina, Warr.* Differs in colour of 



# Holoreta cervina, Warren, Nov. Zool. liv. p. 97 (1907) (Brit. X, 

 Guinea). 



