164 Colonel C. Swiniioe on neio 



limited by a prominent, sinuous, transverse white line with 

 broad black sliading on its inner side ; halfway between this 

 and the outer margin is an indistinct line o£ black and white 

 points, the upper two subapical, with a curveil blackish mark 

 below them ; some wbite costal dots towards the apex of the 

 wing: hind wing without markings; both wings with a 

 black marginal line. Underside paler : fore WMng witii two 

 or three subapical white dots, the hinder marginal space 

 broadly whitish : hind wing \v\i\\ a discoidal brown spot ; an 

 outwardly curved, thin, median brown band, the outer margin 

 ratiier broadly suffused with brown : body and legs dark 

 brown without markings. 



Expanse of wings 1^2_ inch. 



liah. Kiriwini Island, Tobriand group. 



Bomolocha tanis, nov. 



^ . Head, body, and wings grey : fore wing with a black 

 triangular patch from the base to the middle, where it is 

 limited by a black transverse line from the costa to the hinder 

 margin, with a rather acute outward angle at its middle, 

 edged outwardly with white on its upper half ; the black 

 becomes diffuse towards the costa, showing a black spot in 

 the cell ; a curved black subapical mark edged with white on 

 its upper side ; two small black spots outwardly pricked with 

 white immediately above it : hind wings grey without any 

 markings. Underside: body, legs, and wings o£ a uniform 

 pale grey colour; fore wing with a white costal spot one- 

 fourth from the apex ; three white costal dots at the apex and 

 a subapical white spot. 



Expanse of wings, c? > yu inch. 



Bab. Knli). 



Like a diminutive B. colombana, Moore (Lep. Ceylon, iii. 

 p. 223, pi. 176. fig. 8). 



Family Boarmiidae. 



Abraxas mosaria, nov. 



(J. With narrow elongated fore wing as in A. um'sinuata, 

 "Warren* ; frons white, head white, collar ochreous^ thorax 

 and abdomen white ; a black spot on the hinder part of the 

 thorax; a row of black spots down the middle of the abdo- 

 men and a similar row on each side : wings white ; fore wing 

 mostly covered with pale black spots and patches ; a cluster 



* Nov. Zool. iv. p. 130 (1897). 



