14 Miss A. E. Piout on some 



of the (liscocellulars ; a broad diflPused postmedial shade, 

 less strongly angled inward before and behind Ai- than in 

 the majority of inansueta mansuata and hardly noticeably 

 dentate ; the terminal area darker than medial area, with 

 some rufons scales intermingled, especially near the post- 

 medial line ; subterrainal line almost obsolete, except ou 

 the subapical patch ; fringe brown, with a slight pale line at 

 base. 



Hind wing mnch as in mansucta mansueta, but more 

 predominantly smoky ; the termen and fringe white between 

 and just beyond M^ and M^, the fringe tipped with white 

 from R^ to near tornus. 



Underside of fore wing as in mansueta mansueta ; hind 

 wing with the spot on discocellulars larger and darker than 

 usual, the dark bordering extended to near base of wing 

 on costa and narrowed off to a point at tornus, instead 

 of ending about M^. 



Goodenough Island, 2500-4000 ft., April 1913 [A. S. 

 Meek), type and four other ? ? . 



This may be a distinct species, all five specimens being 

 extremely uniform and unlike any mansueta specimens from 

 other localities ; but in the absence of tiie ^ and of any 

 discoverable structural differences, I have regarded it as a 

 subspecies of the extremely variable mansueta. 



Catocalin^. 



11. Ayonista endochrysa Prout. (PI. II. figs. 1 (J , 3 ? .) 



?.— 98 mm. 



Head, thorax, pectus, legs, and abdomen as in (^ , save 

 that the black shades of the $ are paler and browner in 

 the ? . 



Fore wing reddish-brown ; DC^ and DC^ slightly darkened ; 

 a slight yellowish dash outside the discocellulars, with 

 proximal dark shading; medial line diffused, dark reddish- 

 l3ro\vn, very upright ; postmedial line greyer, very diffused, 

 distally pale-edged, starting at two-thirds costa, angled out 

 behind SC', then nearly straight to hind-margin ; sub- 

 terminal line represented by a series of yellowish-white, 

 distally black-edged points between the veins, those between 

 E,^ and SM^ being most distinct; fringe ochreous, largely 

 shaded with black-brown. 



Hind wing reddish-brown ; medial line as on fore wing; 

 postmedial with more distinct yellow shade beyond it, very 

 slightly bent anteriorly, then very straight to near abdominal 



