On new Ileterocera from Dutch New Guinea. 347 



XLTV. — Descriptions of Three new Species of Ileterocera 

 from Dutch New Guinea. By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. Arctiidae. 

 Diacrisia arctichroa, sp. n. 



Female. — Head above and collar cream-colour; tegulse 

 black, edged with cream-colour ; autennge, palpi, and thorax 

 black ; abdomen above bright red, with a central band of 

 black spots ; underside yellow, with a double row of black 

 spots on each side; legs and underside of the thorax black; 

 anus yellow. Primaries dark cream-colour ; three black 

 spots on the costal margin ; a large square-shaped spot at 

 the bottom of the cell ; a black dot close to the base ; a large 

 spot at the end of the cell ; a row of black spots of various 

 sizes crosses the wing from the apex to the middle of the inner 

 margin and two black spots at the anal angle; the fringe 

 cream-colour : secondaries bright red, with a double series of 

 black spots close to the anal angle, and several black dots 

 near the apex. Underside similar to tiie upperside, but 

 darker in colour; the primaries are clouded with red and the 

 ground-colour of the secondaries is chrome-yellow ; the 

 black markings are the same as above. 



Expanse 2-^ inches. 



IJab. Dutch New Guinea, Fak Fak, 1700 feet {E. A. 

 Pratt, Mus. Druce). 



Fam. Notodontidse. 

 Nadata gigantea, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulse, and thorax orange-red; palpi 

 and antennae pale brown ; abdomen pale reddish brown ; tlie 

 underside pale brown ; legs blackish. Primaries orange-red 

 at the base, shading to brown and yellow to beyond the 

 middle of the wing, the outer margin broadly bordered witii 

 darker brown ; a black dot at the end of the cell ; six pale 

 brown waved lines cross the wing from the costal to the inner 

 margin ; the fringe dark brown : secondaries orange-red, 

 brownish round the outer margin ; the fringe dark brown. 

 Underside: both wings pale yellowish brown, with a sub- 

 marginal row of brown spots extending from the apex to the 

 inner margin of both wings; the primaries shaded with pink 

 at the base ; the fringes as above. 



Expanse 5j inches. 



Hab. Dutch New Guinea, Fak Fak, 1700 feet {E. A. 

 Pratt, Mus. Druce). 



