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Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker on 



Primaries! witli a restricted basal area of pale orange-yellow, 

 beyond which tlie wing- is entirely rufous-grey for three-fifths ; 

 at the end of the cell there is a largish ovate yellow spot; 

 terminal area orange-red, with the veins pale yellow. 

 Secondaries uniformly pale yellow. 



Expanse -46 mm. 



Jlab. Dinawa, British New Guinea, 4000 ft. 



Type in my collection. 



The species is near huntei, but is, I think, distinct. 



PorfJnneia radi'ata, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and patagia yellow, abdomen blackish. 

 Primaries yellow, with the basal area radiated with blackish, 

 especially along the fold, where the radiations extend the 

 greater length of the wing ; apical area broadly radiated 

 with blackish between the veins ; fringes black. Secondaries 

 black, with the hind margin dotted with yellow, which on the 

 underside is transformed into a marked yellow terminal line. 

 ? . Like the male, but more orange in colour. 



Expanse, ^ 32, ? 42 mm. 



Hah. Owgarra, British New Guinea. 



Type in my collection. 



The species is very like my P. stilnigra, but the head, 

 collar, and thorax are black in suhnigra and yellow in the 

 present species. 



Caviria avolaensis, sp. n. 



?. Frons, head, thorax, and abdomen white; antennae 

 very dark grey, so as to look blackish to the naked eye ; legs 

 brownish, with white femora; all the wings pure white, not 

 lustrous. 



Expanse 44 mm. 



J/ab. British New Guinea : Avola, 6000 ft., August {A. E. 

 Pro a). 



Type in my collection. 



Notodontidae. 

 Gargetta punctatissima, sp. n. 



J . Head, collar, and thorax dark variegated brown, palpi 

 very dark brown ; patagia rather paler ; abdomen greyish. 

 Primaries cinnamon-brown witiiout the red in it, clouded 

 with dark brown at the base and along the costal area. The 

 whole of the wing has a mottled appearance ; an antemedian 

 row of dark dots, somewhat indistinct ; an oblique median 



