224: Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on new 



together in celhilea 6, 7, and 8. Hind wing witliout markings ; 

 fringe white to vein G or before it ; onter margin more or 

 less narrowly edged with white from anal angle to vein 2, 

 this being most marked in tiie specimens from the Wan- 

 danimen ^fountains. 



Underside of fore icing dark chestnnt-brow^i along costa 

 and over apical area, remainder black-brown ; some bluish- 

 white scaling along outer margin and tlie dots of the upper.side 

 showing througli. Hind wing dark chestnut-brown ; a large 

 oval creamy-white spot below the cell, touciiing vein 2 and 

 the submedian ; below this a small white spot near the outer 

 margin. 



Antenna black, club pale yellow beneath; palpi black 

 above, white below and at the sides ; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen black, the abdomen with some grey-white hair on 

 the ventral surface ; pectus grey-white ; legs black-brown, 

 slightly scaled with yellow, femora with a fringe of grey- 

 white hair. 



Length of fore wing 15 mm. 



Bab. Wandammen Mtns., 8000 feet, Nov., 1 S (type) ; 

 Angi Lakes, Arfak Mtns., 6000 feet, Jan.-Feb., 2 (J <J . 



Acerhas albimedia, sp. n. 



Distinct from the other species of the genus. 



(J . Upperside black-brown. Fo7-e wing with a yellow 

 inner marginal streak, slightly curved from near the base to 

 above the submedian, this vein separating the spot above it ; 

 above this in one specimen is seen a faint yellow dot in 2. 

 JJittd icing with a narrow transverse discal band of five small 

 spots placed in 1 c, 2, 3, and 4. 



Underside of fore wing black-brown, costa and apical area 

 paler and with a greenish sheen ; three small pale yellow 

 median spots, one above vein 2, the others below it. Hind 

 icing with base and distal margin grey-brown witii a greenish 

 sheen ; a broad white discal band trom the costa to inner 

 margin, much broader below the submedian, so that nearly 

 all tlie inner margin is white. 



Autenn?e black, club yellow below posteriorly ; palpi and 

 frons greenish yellow, vertex black ; thorax and abdomen 

 above black, some dark greenish hair on patagia and base of 

 abdomen ; abdomen below sulphur-yellow, with a thin mesial 

 line of whitish hair; legs black and more or less scaled with 

 yellow, femora with a fringe of grey-white hair. 



Length of fore wing 18 mm. 



