Species of Vyvedidse. 325 



(G a) Sameodes aryentifera, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax yellow tinged witli rufous, the 

 dorsum of thorax tinged with brown ; abdomen ochreous 

 white, with dorsal brown bands except on basal segments, 

 the ventral surface with brown band before the anal tuft. 

 Fore wing yellow suffused with blood-red, leaving a yellow 

 point at base of costa, a subbasal s[)ot on median nervure, 

 antemedial streak in submedian fold, a spot in end of cell, 

 and spots on tcrincn below apex and middle ; subbasal black 

 streaks on costa and in cell ; the scale-tooth on inner margin 

 tip[)ed with black; an oblique antemedial series of black and 

 silver spots, bent inwards to costa ; small black and silver 

 spots at and beyond upper and lower angles of cell, with a 

 small spot above them below the costa ; a postmedial series 

 of black and silver spots oblique from costa to vein 7, then 

 inwardly obli(jue, and the spot in submedian interspace 

 displaced towards base; two silvery streaks below apex, 

 points just before termcn above and below vein 5, a small 

 spot above vein 2 and spot at tornus ; cilia yellow tinged 

 with red. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ; 

 cilia pale yellow, with a slight dark line at middle towards 

 tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the cell at base, a 

 spot in its extremity and the area below it, the costa towards 

 apex, and the terminal area except below apex yellow ; hind 

 wing fuscous, with the costal area yellow to beyond middle. 

 Hab. Queensland, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 ? type. Ea;p. 

 16 mm. 



(6 b) Sameodes flavispila, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax pale crimson-red, the pectus and 

 abdomen fulvous yellow. Fore wing crimson-red; a large 

 round pale yellow patch, defined by deeper red on medial 

 area frofu middle of cell to inner margin, and a similar 

 smaller patch beyond the cell between veins 8 and 4. Hind 

 wing pale fulvous yellow. 



Hab. N. Nigeria {Dudgeon), 1 J' type. Exp. 14 mm. 



(7 a) Sameodes rufiscripta, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax yellow suffused with rufous ; palpi 

 deep rufous, white below ; pectus and legs Avhite, the fore 

 legs and mid femora suffused with rufous ; abdomen yellow, 

 the ventral surface white. Fore wing yellow, the costal area 

 and inner margin bright rufous ; antemedial line rufous, 



