340 Mr. G. T. Betluiue-Baker on new 



XXXTX. — Deficriptions of new Species of Hetemeem fmni 

 Neio Guinea. By G. T. Betiiune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Slictoptera arcuata, sp. n. 



^ . Palpi irrovated cliestnut-colour, end of second segment 

 ringed with creamy, end segment dark brown ; frons ochreous 

 grey ; liead and collar very deep velvety brown, collar edged 

 and divided in the middle with ochreous ; tliorax and abdo- 

 men grey. Primaries ochreous grey, a subbasal patch of 

 dark brown, edged with whitish internally, subtriangular 

 externally; median area pale brownish; reniform very dark 

 velvety brown, with a prominent, arched, dark velvety brown 

 stripe from it to just above the tortius, the area between this 

 and the pale brown median being pale ochreous grey ; termen 

 above the arched stripe pale ociireous, shading darker at the 

 apex ; a subapical, dark brown, wedge-shaped costal mark, 

 outside which is a short, ochreous, shar])ly dentate line ; 

 termen with slight interneural dark dashes, a trace of a 

 dentate postmedian line internal to the wedge-shaped costal 

 patch. Secondaries hyaline for the basal two-thirds, dark 

 brown for the terminal third. 



Expanse 41 mm. 



llah. Mount Kcbea, British New Gumea; March and 

 April {Fndt). 



Type in my collection. 



Farallelia crenulata, sp. n. 

 fj. Head and tliorax olive-brown, abdomen greyish. Pri- 

 maries olive-brown, with a subdued almost golden hue in 

 parts; an irregular, oblique, slightly waved, subbasal (me 

 dark line, ending on the i.mer margin ; a small vvhitish spot 

 near the end of the cell ; an indefinite (internally) lilac band 

 jjeyond the cell, definitely terminated externally and slightly 

 Gurvod, edging a darker area for the rest of the wmg ; post- 

 median line crenulafe, fine, sharply obli(]ue on the costa lo 

 v^Mii fi then receding and deeply crenulate to the inner 

 martrin'; a dark indefinite line from the apex to the tornus, 

 beyoml which the termen is lilaceous. Secondaries dark 

 brownish, with a pale indefinite median line, and a short 

 whitisli dash at the tornus. 



Exitanse 58-(i:3 mm. 



llah. Ek(;ikei, British New (^ilnea ; January and Feb- 

 ruary {Frail). 



'J'ype in my collection. 



