Genera ami Species oj ArctiaJii}. 439 



subbasal patches below costa and cell ; an incomplete ante- 

 medial line, angled strongly outwards in cell, then oblique 

 and slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, more or less 

 connected by fuscous suffusion with the similar somewhat 

 waved and diffused medial line ; postmedial line oblique from 

 costa to vein 3, then inwardly oblique and angle 1 inwards in 

 submedian fold, and more or less connected by fuscous streaks 

 with the diffused subterminal line, which is angled outwards 

 on veins 6 and 4 and inwards in submedian fold ; cilia 

 fuscous. Hind wing uniform fuscous; the underside with 

 some red suffusion on basal half of costal area. 



Ah. 1. — Fore wing suffused with fuscous, leaving some red 

 at base, some ante- and postmedial points, three medial spots, 

 and some irregular terminal marks. — Bougainville. 



Hah. Solomon Is., Choiseul I. (J/ee/c), 1 cJ, 1 ? type; 

 Bougainville [}[eelz), 1 $. Exp., ^ 30, ? 36 mm. 



1064 a. Eutane nivea, sp. n. 



? . Frons orange ; vertex of head and thorax pure white ; 

 legs tinged with fulvous ; abdomen white, tinged with yellow 

 towards extremity. Fore wing pure white, the costa nar- 

 rowly orange ; a black point on discocellulars ; the termen 

 and cilia orange, with a series of black striae before the 

 former, expanding into a spot at vein 2, and a series of black 

 and silver striae at base of latter. Hind wing white, the cilia 

 tinged with yellow. Underside of fore wing with the costal 

 area tinged with yellow, the disk with fuscous. 



Hah. PULO Laut [Doherty), 1 ? type. Exp. 20 mm. 



Page 538. Genus Melastrota, nov. 



Type, M. nigrisquamata, Swinli. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 467 (1901). 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond 

 frons ; antennae of male ciliated ; hind tibife with the spurs 

 long. Fore wing ratlier short and broad ; vein 2 from 

 towards angle of cell oblique, 3 from before angle, 5 absent, 

 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked, 1 1 anasto- 

 mosing with 12 ; male with the subcostal area to end of cell 

 and upper part of cell clothed with black scales on under- 

 side. Hind wing with vein 2 from before middle of cell • 

 3, 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



AltCTIAlSf^. (Vol. III.) 

 12140. Aphyle cuneata, sp. n. 

 ^ . Antenna serrate, the apical third simple ; hind wing 



