542 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker on new 



Rhodoneura palairanta, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax tawny red. Both wings creamy 

 whitish, entirely sprinkled all over with lines and minute 

 reticulations of brij^ht tawny red. Piimaries with reticu- 

 lations so close that the <^fround-colour is only visible 

 plightly in the median area; tlie postmedial oblique line is 

 the only prominent one. Costa and termen dark red. 

 Secondaries with the reticulations less numerous, making the 

 ground-colour more visible. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



H<ih. Lokoja District (100 miles north). 



Type in my collection. 



LXII. — Descriptions of new Species of Lfpi'lojytera fiom New 

 Guinea. By G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



My measurements, as usual, have been taken by doubling 

 the distance from the centre of the thorax to tiie apex of the 

 wing. 



Rhopaloceka. 

 Ltcmnin^. 



X^acaduha metriodes, sp. n. 



(J. Both wings dull violet-blue with fine dark termen, on 

 the secondaries expanding at the anal angle by the tail 

 rather broadly. Underside: both wings dirty grev, with 

 spots and bars palely edged. Primaries with an antemedian 

 bar in the cell and extending just below it, a simihxr one 

 closing the cell extending to the costa, a waved series of six 

 postniedian confluent spots, a terminal series of lunules. 

 {Secondaries with a series of three basal spots, each extending 

 slightly beyond (outwards) the other ; a bar closing the cell, 

 with one above it shifted inwards ; a curved series of eight 

 postmedian confluent spots, the second spot shifted right out, 

 third and fourth confluent slightly out, fifth, sixth, and seventli 

 each slightly inwards, eighth right inwards; a series of 

 terminal lunules, that at the tail being black edged with red 

 above. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



