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Subfamily Pamfsilijv^. 

 HesperiUa arfakensis, sp. n. 



Allied to mayhora, Plotz, BerL Eiit. Zeit. 1885, p. 225 

 (Am). 



cJ . Differs below in the nnicli paler bro^'ii colour, with 

 purple and green rtflections ; the fore wing with grey-white 

 scaling- in the median area below vein 2. 



Length of fore wing 18 mm. 



Hah. Angi Lakes, Arfak Mtns., 6000 feet, March, 1 S • 



Sahera fusca, sp. n. 



Allied to fuliginosa, Misk.*, from Australia, and chiefly 

 distinguished by the shorter brand and tlie absence of spots 

 on hind wing below. 



cJ . Upperside blackish brown. Fore iving v{'\i\\ a line of 

 androconia from the submedian to vein 4, widened in cellule 3 

 to fill the base of the cellule ; at the distal edge of this brand 

 are some scattered pale yellow scales occurring from the inner 

 margin to vein 6, but variable in number; above this in 6, 7, 

 and 8 are some faint streaks of darker yellow scaling, also 

 some scattered yellow scaling along the costa and in the cell ; 

 slight yellowish hair along basal part of inner margin ; fringe 

 white at outer angle. Hind icing without markings; fringe 

 white from anal angle to vein 6. 



Underside dark chestnut-brown. Fore wing with basal 

 and median area dark brown. Hind wing unicolorous except 

 for some more distinctly reddish scaling below vein 2. 



Antennge black, club pale yellow beneath. Head and palpi 

 black mixed with yellow-brown ; abdomen black with some 

 yellow or grey-white scaling laterally and ventrally ; legs 

 black-brown, more or less scaled with yellow. 



Length of fore wing 16 mm. 



Hah. Wandammen Mtns., GOOO feet, Nov. 1914, 6 c^ c?. 



Sabera alhicilla^ sp. n. 



Allied to the preceding species. 



($ . Upperside black-brown. lore icing with a line of 

 androconia as mfusca, but placed at nearly right angles with 

 the inner margin and composed of raised scales; a white dot 

 at base of cellule 3 ; three subapical white dots placed close 



* Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland, 1889, p. 147. 



