400 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



121a. Roeselia heniizona, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax ochreous white, the latter suffused 

 with rcd-hrown ; palpi daiiv brown ; antcnnse red-brown ; 

 legs suffused with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown with i)ale 

 rings ; abdomen white, sh'ghtly tinged with red-brown. 

 Fore wing ochreous white, the costal area to beyond middle 

 and the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; an oblique 

 red-brown bar from middle of costa to just below end of cell, 

 defined at sides by white and with a few silvery scales on it; 

 postmedial line very indistinct, oblique from the red-brown 

 costal area to vein 4, then incurved; traces of a puuctiform 

 subterminal line, angled inwards at vein 2 ; the veins of 

 terminal area with slight dark streaks on apical half. Hind 

 wing white, the termeu and cilia faintly tinged with red- 

 brown except towards tornus ; the underside Avitli the costal 

 area faintly tinged with ochreous. 



Hub. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 S type. 

 Exp, 20 mm. 



151a. Rceselia atr'inota, sp. n. 



Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell. 



$ . Head and thorax silvery white with a few blackish 

 scales ; palpi blackish ; antcnnai brown ; the teguloe with 

 diffused blackish medial band ; tibiae and tarsi banded with 

 brown; abdomen white suffused with ochreous brown. Fore 

 wing silvery white irrorated with a few black scales, the 

 apical area blackish to veiu 3, with some silvery scales on it 

 and a Avhitish patch on costa at apex ; some brown suffusion 

 on costa near base with a white subbasal striga on it ; medial 

 line indistinct, double, blackish, with some blackish suffusion 

 on it at costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to submediau 

 fold, then bent inwards to inner margin where there is a 

 conical blackish patch on it ; traces of an oblique black 

 postmedial line before the dark apical area from costa to 

 vein 4 and a black point in submediau fold, some Avhitish 

 points beyond it on costa ; traces of some black and whitish 

 subterminal points on the dark apical area ; a slight puucti- 

 form black terminal line ; cilia blackish on a[)ical half, 

 whitish mixed with brown on inner half, and with slight 

 (lark line through them. Hind wing white tinged with 

 lu'own, the terminal area sutfused with brown except towards 

 tornus ; cilia with a dark line through them ; the underside 

 with oblique dark discoidal striga. 



Hab. Hutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 c? type. 

 Exp. 22 mm. 



