Genera and Species of Arctiacl;e. 407 



an ol)liquc brown shade from postnicdial part of costa to 

 discal fold beyond the cell and an inenrved shade on inner 

 area with blackish spots on it, above and below vein 1 ; an 

 obscure rather ditluscd dark subterminal line arising from 

 apex, angled outwards at vein 7, cxcurvcd at middle and 

 aixne tornus and angled inwards at discal fold and at vein 2. 

 Hind wing yellow, the apex slightly tinged with brown. 



Hal). Ditch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (P?-a//) 1 c^ type. Ea^p. 

 2 i mm. 



ASCTIAXJ!. 



Genus H.emaphlebiAj nov, 

 T}-pe, Baritiiis venata, Rotlia. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second 

 joint reaching to middle of frous, the third short ; frons 

 smooth ; antenn?e of" male bipectinate with moderate 

 branches, the apex serrate ; liind tibite with two pairs of 

 spurs ; abdomen with some rough hair at base. Fore wing 

 Avith the apex rounded, the tcrmen evenly curved and not 

 crennlate; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above 

 angle ; G from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from just 

 beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 

 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from middle of 

 cell. 



Genus Pydxaodes, nov. 

 Type, Tessellarctia distincta, Eoths. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second 

 joint reaching to middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 

 third short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antcnupc of 

 male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex ; fore tibiie 

 fringed with hair, the hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs ; 

 abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum. Fore 

 wing -with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the 

 termen evenly curved; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 

 from just above angle; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 

 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 shortly stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 reduced to a spur from middle of cell. 



Genus Nanxodota, nov. 

 Type, Halisidota minutn, Roths. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching to 



