234 On new Lepidoplera from New Guinea. 



apex of cell reacliing tar beyond it; beyond tliis patch again 

 are two green-golden dots. Hind wing below reddisii choco- 

 late, powdered with pink scales on outer third; an irregular, 

 broad, oblique band of glittering green-gold reaches from 

 upper half of base of wing three-fourths across the wing 

 towards anal angle ; two green-gold }>atches beyond this 

 band on and above vein 8; two black spots bordered with 

 metallic opal blue, beyond which is a chestnut patch at anal 

 angle; a submarginal metallic opal blue line from vein 1 to 

 vein 3. 



Length of fore wing 2-4 mm. 



Hah. Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up 

 to 3000 feet, Oct.-Dec. 1910 [A. S. Meek) ; a small series. 



Family Sphingidae. 



2. Panacra e.vcellenSy sp. n. 



cT . Pectus brownish buff; fore legs, coxae brownish pink 

 washed with olive, rest pale pink ; middle legs olive, a pink 

 line on outside of tibice ; hind legs, coxae brownish pink, 

 tibiee pale olive, outside whitish, tarsi brown ; palpi, lower 

 half pale pink, upper half dark olive-green ; head dark olive- 

 green ; antennae pink; thorax dark olive-green, a central 

 band black anteriorly, orange posteriorly, patagia edged out- 

 wardly with pink ; abdomen huffish gvey, dorsally first segment 

 olive mixed with piidc hairs, rest pale brownish olive edged 

 with orange-yellow. Fore wing dark olive-green ; a 

 yellowish-pink patch, broken into three at base by black 

 patches ; a central transverse pale pink band, edged out- 

 wardly with orange-pink ; apical third between vein -i and 

 termen pinkish silvery grey, sparsely powdered with olive 

 scales and with an olive wedge-like subterminal patch 

 between vein 7 and costa and four submarginal olive dots 

 above veins 4, 5, 6, and 7, and zigzag olive line near basal 

 end of pale area. Hind wing : basal two-thirds orange- 

 yellow, marginal third sooty black tinged with pale brown ; 

 an indist'uct ])inkish patch near anal angle ; abdominal area 

 broatlly huffish wood-brown, suffused with pale olive. Under- 

 side of abdomen pale pink. 



Lengtli of fore wing 35 mm. 



JIab. Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up 

 to 3000 feet, Oct.-Dec. 11)10 {A. S. Meek) ; 1 c?. 



