204 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



black point on tennen below vein 3, then a fine line to subraeclian 

 fold ; cilia white tinged with rufous and with red-brown line near 

 base between discal and submedian folds. 



Hab. Bismarck Ahch., Eook I, (Meek), 3 $ tj'pe. IJxj}. 

 24 mm. 



(27 /) Aulacodes aurantipennis, sp. n. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright orange ; palpi rufous 

 towards ti]is ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white 

 tinged with yellow, the fore femora above and tibia? on inner side 

 suifused with brown. Fore wing bright orange, the costa suffused 

 with rufous to beyond the cell, where it expands into an oi:)lique 

 wedge-shaped rufous patch to vein 3 ; some inifous on middle of 

 inner margin ; the fold in end of cell whitish ; a triangular silvery 

 whitish postmedial patch from below costa to vein 3 beyond the 

 rufous patch, defined on outer side by brown ; an obliquely curved 

 silvery white subterminal band from costa to above vein 1, defined 

 on inner side by brownish and on outer by a fine blackish line ; a 

 terminal series of black points and striga at submedian interspace ; 

 cilia silvery white with a brown line near base. Hind wing bright 

 orange ; a whitish patch suffused with red-brown in, below, and 

 beyond end of cell, defined on outer side by an oblique sinuous red- 

 brown line ; an oblique silvery white subapical bar tinged with red- 

 brown ; minute silvery white ocellate spots defined by black and 

 with black points on their outer edges before termen above and 

 below vein 4, and black points on termen above and below vein 2, 

 with black striie before them ; cilia silvery white, red-brown at base 

 towards apex and dark ])rown bevond the spots. 



Hah. Dutch N. G-ui>-ea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 S type. Exp. 

 22 mm. 



{27 J) Aulacodes argenteopicta, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bright orange ; palpi with brown 

 rings on 2nd and 3rd joints ; fore femora above and tibiae on inner 

 side dark brown, the tarsi ringed with brown. Fore vrm^ bright 

 orange ; a brown streak below base of costa ; an oblique black 

 streak above middle of inner margin ; the fold in end of cell 

 whitish ; an incurved black line beyond the cell between veins 7 

 and 4 defining the inner side of an oblique triangular pale orange 

 patch ; a narrow obliquely curved metallic silver subterminal band 

 from below" costa to above vein 1 where it is bent inwards, defined 

 on outer side by a fine black line ; a terminal series of black points 

 and sti-iga at submedian interspace ; cilia silvery white tinged with 

 brown. Hind wing bright orange ; an oblique sinuous black post- 

 medial line between the discal and submedian folds ; an obliquely 

 curved metallic silver subapical bar defined on outer side by a 

 blackish line ; minute metallic silver ocellate spots defined by black 

 and with black points on their outer edges before termen above and 

 below vein 4, a minute black spot on termen below vein 3 and bar 



