llctvroccra from Niw (Juinca. 117 



Socoii(l;irics whitish, tinged with yellow, with the iiiii<;r 

 mar^^iii sli^'litly grey. 



? . IK'iul and thorax orange-yellow; abdomen all darkish 

 grey. Primaries unift)rm orange-ydhnv. Secon<laric.s yel- 

 lowish, with the area to beyond the cell darkish grey. 



Expanse, ^ 30, ? 34 mm. 



Hub. Vella Lavella (Solomon Isles) ; February and March. 



'J'ypc in my collection. 



Allieil to K. various, but the abdomon is dark aud the lines 

 differ, whilst tho leinale differs altogether. 



Lymantria niuai/i, sp. n. 



Head white, collar finely black, thorax white; legs whiff, 

 edged with bright crimson and black ; abioinen black. 

 Primaries with basal area to end of cell and nearly to 

 tornus pure whit<', rest of wings daik grey; veins yellow, 

 a black basal bar from cell to costa, followed by a short 

 compressed series of four blackish spots in the same area, 

 which is again succeeded by an angulated black mark on tiic 

 costa, a very deeply serrate black postmedian line with a 

 lighter edge, followed by a much suffused and broader black 

 stri[)e equally serrate; termen s|)ottcd with black between 

 the veins. Secondaries pure white with terminal quarter 

 black, the apex being more broadly black, inner margin 

 narrowly black. 



Expanse '6d mm. 



Hah. Ninay Valley (Arfak Mountains), 3G00 feet. 



Type in my collection. 



Allied to L. kebece, B-B. 



Pellucens, gen. uov. 



Antennje bipectinated to tip with long cilia, fore leg (in (^ ) 

 with a long hairy spine from tibial joint much longer than 

 the tibia itself. Neuration : primaries, vein 2 from a third 

 from the lower angle, 4 from the lower angle, 5 from the 

 j)oint of union with the discocellulars a little above 4, 6 from 

 the upper angle, 7, 8, D, and 10 stalked, 10 from nearly 

 midway to the apex. Secondaries: 4 from the lower angle, 

 5 from near the lower angle, G and 7 from the upper angle; 

 upper quarter of cell deeply recessed. 



Type, Pellucens lacleoy B-B. 



Pellucens lacfea, sp. n. 

 cJ . Head white, antenuce black, thorax and abdomen 



