332 SirG. F. Hampson on neio 



white. Fore wing pale brown, the costal area white to near 

 apex ; a quadrate white spot in end of cell conjoined to the 

 costal area; cilia white at base. Hind wing pale brown, the 

 costal area white to near apex; cilia whitish at base. 

 Underside of both wings white. 



Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Prjrer), 1 ? type. Exp. 2Sm.m. 



(11) Archernis f nivalis, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen yellowish white. Fore wing pale fulvous yellow ; 

 traces of an oblique, waved, rufous antemedial line from sub- 

 costal nervure to submedian fold, with more prominent spot 

 below the cell ; a brown discoidal spot ; traces of a waved 

 postmedial line, incurved from below costa to vein 5, ex- 

 curved to vein 2, then retracted to below end of cell and 

 oblique to inner margin. Hind wing pale yellow ; the 

 underside with slight brown point on upper discocellular, a 

 postmedial series of brown points incurved from below costa 

 to vein 5, excurved to vein 3, then retracted to below angle 

 of cell, 



Hab. Society Is. (J. /. Walker), 1 S type. ^.rp. 28 mm. 



(1 a) Megastes meridionalis, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with red-brown ; 

 abdomen brown with some whitish at base of dorsum. Fore 

 wing whitish, the basal area except towards inner margin, 

 the costal area, and the terminal area suffused with pale 

 reddish brown ; some dark brown at base and on outer part 

 of the basal brownish area; antemedial line black-brown, 

 oblique and sinuous to median nervure, then incurved, an 

 elongate brown spot beyond it in submedian fold, and a 

 brown-defined spot below vein 1 ; a round brown spot in 

 middle of cell and difiused discoidal patch ; postmedial line 

 brown, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 6, incurved at 

 discal fold, excurved and waved between veins 5 and 2, then 

 retracted to below end of cell and oblique to inner margin, 

 small brown spots in its sinus between veins 5 and 3, defined 

 on outer side by a maculate whitish band, with slight dark 

 marks on its outer edge and with some whitish before it in 

 the sinus. Hind wing semihy aline \Uiite ; a small brown 

 discoidal spot ; postmedial line maculate from costa to discal 

 fold, then slight and bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, 

 where it terminates ; some brownish on termen from apex 

 to vein 3. 



Hab. Argentina, La Plata, 1 ^ type. Exp. 34 mm. 



