veto Species of Lepidoptera. 383 



row of similar dark dots, followed hy a doiiljlo similar po-t- 

 niedian row, a subterminul row of dark dots ; termcn with a 

 minute dark triangle at tlie end of each vein. Secondaries 

 palish greyish brown. 



? . Similar to the male, hut much paler, so tiiat the dark 

 dots .stand out much more prominently. 



Expanse, ^ 52, ? 50 n)m. 



//«/;. British New Guinea: Mount Kebea and Babooni, 

 300U ft., July to September (A. E. Pratt). 



Ty[)es in my collection. 



Scranchia idiopti-a, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and collar deep coffee-brown, thorax and abilo- 

 men grizzly. Primaries greyish, motth d, with an indefinite, 

 clearer, interrupted, twin subbasal line not; reaching the 

 inner margin, a similar median line between the two ; almost 

 on the fold is a raised ovate spot of brownish colour, an 

 irregular dark median stripe across the wing, adjoining 

 which is a tawny spot of moderate size with a fine black 

 crescent in it; a fine dentate dark postmedian line, beyond 

 which is a broad, very interrupted, dark, curved band ; 

 outside, but adjoining it, is a small dark cloud, with an 

 irregular serrate subterminal line; termen finely dark, on 

 the costa before the apex are four dark dots. Secondaries 

 brownish. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



J lab. Madagascar, 2500 ft., January to March. 



Type in my collection. 



Parathemerasiis tumeric var. melanistis^ var . nov. 



? . Thorax and primaries sooty grey, with the markings 

 just visible, the ash-grey orbicular stigma standing out very 

 jjrominently from its dark surroundings, a slightly cinnamon- 

 coloured cloudy area before the stignui. Secondaries dark 

 brown. 



]Cxpanse 62 mm. 



Hab. Mount Kebea (6000 ffc.), March to April ; Dinawa 

 (4000 ft.), August ; British New Guinea. 



Type in my collection. 



Omichlis eri/thra, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax cinnamon-red, abdomen dirtyochreous. 

 Primaries cinnamon-red with the basal and antemcdian areas 

 finely irrorated with brownish grey ; a median serrated line 

 loses itself in the darker area, the postmedian dark line is 



2^^ 



