172 Sir G. F. Ilampson on 7icvj 



(13 a) Agrotera pyrostrota^ sp. n, 



$ . Head and thorax bright yellow slightly tinged with 

 fiery red, tlie tegulse and thorax with brown dorsal fascia 

 defined at sides by fiery red on tegnlse; antenuse blackish 

 except basal joint ; palpi fiery red wiih the third joint yellow ; 

 lore femora and tibiaj on inner side and the tarsi black, the 

 tibiae tinged with red on outer side ; abdomen pale yellow 

 dorsally suflfused with brown. Fore wing bright yellow 

 with slight fiery -red irroration on medial area, the costal 

 area suffused with fiery red to middle; a slight fiery-red 

 subbasal line, angled outwards on median nervure and 

 ending at vein 1, a diffused triangular patch of blackish 

 and red suflusion beyond it from costa to just below the 

 cell ; a small round fiery-red spot in middle of cell ; an 

 obliquely curved blackish baud suffused with silvery blue 

 from upper angle of cell to inner margin, joined at lower 

 angle of cell by a similar oblique fascia from apex, some 

 fiery-red suffusion below costa in the fork of these bands, on 

 costal area towards apex, and beyond the band on tornal 

 area; three slight fiery-red spots on middle of termen. 

 Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal half tinged with 

 yellow. Underside of fore wing with the postmedial band 

 black-brown. 



Hub. 13r. N. Guinea, Owgarra {Meek), 1 $ type. E.cp. 

 36 mm. 



(2 a) Desmia mesusficta, sp. n. 



(J. Head and thorax dark brown ; palpi white at base; 

 pectus white ; legs white and brown ; abdomen brown with 

 white segmental lines except on basal segments and white 

 streak on anal segment, the ventral surface white except 

 towards extremity. Fore wing dark brown with a cupreous 

 tinge ; a white medial band from below costa to inner 

 margin, expanding and its outer edge angled in and just 

 below cell, then incurved, a small wiiite spot beyond it 

 below bate of vein 2 ; a postmedial white baud from costa 

 to vein 4- where it ends in a point, its outer edge dentate ; 

 cilia white with series of brown spots. Hind wing dark 

 brown with a cupreous tinge ; a medial wedge-shaped white 

 band from costa to vein l,thcn bent outwards as an oblique 

 white line to above tornus and with oblique white striga 

 before it, a black bar near its outer edge beyond the cell ; 

 cilia white with a black line through them. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing Avith the spot beyond the medial band 



