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



Lengtli of fore wing 20 mm. 



7 ? ? , 3000-4000 feet ; 1 ? , Coast District, Geelvlnk 

 Bay, Nov. 



18. DlcaUaneiira alhosignata, sp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 3.) 



? . Resembles virgo, but is distinctly different below. 

 Upperside of fore wing similar to virgo, discal patch more 

 extended towards outer angle, its lower edge rounded a little 

 below vein 2 and just touching Ih. Hind wing with three 

 submarginal black spots and one on the tail. 



Underside of fore wing similar to virgo ; extended basal 

 median area, two curved grey marks in tlie cell, the outer 

 one bordering the brown spot ; a subterminal line more 

 faintl}" marked than in virgo, and proximally of it a series of 

 six white spots, the first three in 8-6 larger than the lower 

 three in 5-3, the spot in 5 placed more proximal than the 

 rest, two white apical spots. Hind wing with two grey stripes 

 in the cell, a grey stripe outside it between 4 and 7 and con- 

 tinued along costa to base ; a grey postccllular band from 

 inner margin to vein 4, narrowly separated from a grey sub- 

 marginal band about half its Avidth and reaching vein 4 ; 

 a stripe beyond cell from costa to 4, anteriorly white and 

 merging into grey below vein 6 ; three white apical spots in 

 4-G ; three black submarginal spots in 3-5, the upper one 

 with a white dot in centre, lower ones edged distally wnfh 

 white on inside ; a second submarginal grey band halt width 

 of first and close to it, continued beyond 5 as a thin line ; 

 a black square tail-spot edged with white distally ; two black 

 submarginal bars in 1 h and 1 c similar to the one in 3. 



Length of fore wing 23 mm. 



1 ? only, 3000-4000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



19. Dicallaneura amahilis mimica, subsp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 4.) 



Kesembles the ? of decorata, Hew., above, but is allied to 

 angusti/ascia, Joicey & Noakes. Paler yellow-brown, more 

 extended on fore wing ; slightly darker at base. 



Upperside. — Fore wing with yellow-brown extended to 

 end of lower submedian, very slightly indented in 1 b and 

 1 c, and not at all in cellule 3. Hind wing with costa and 

 apical part paler than rest of wing. 



Underside paler than in angusti/ascia ? . Fore wing with 

 transverse band joined to submarginal streak, and lines 

 traversing it much thinner. Inner margin yellowish except 



