Species of Indo-Malayan FJeterocera. 91 



Hah. Samba I.slaiid, south of Floies Island in the Timor 

 St'H {J)ohn-ty). 



I have tour males and one female of this very distinct 

 form. 



Family HypenidsB. 



Genus GlOBOSUSA, no v. 



S . Antennai unipectiuated, palpi long and somewhat up- 

 turned, the first two joints tliiekened and with stiff paired 

 bristles, the last joint very slender, with bristles before its 

 end ; top of head with short thick hairs whieh protrude some- 

 what in front; all the legs naked, with very long spurs; 

 both wings rounded in a eircuhu- form : fore wing broad, 

 costa and hinder margin straight, cell broad, discocellulars 

 nearly straight; vein 2 from a little beyond the middle of the 

 cell, 3 from about halfway from it and the cell-end, 4 and 

 5 from the end ; 6, 7, 8, and 9 deeply curved, 6 from u[)per 

 end, 7, 8, and 9 stalked : hind wing with vein 2 from the 

 middle of the cell, 3 and 4 on a short stalk, 5 from the cell- 

 end, 6 and 7 from the upper eiul, 8 free, recurved, touches 7 

 near its base. 



Type, G. curiosa, niihi. 



A very curious-looking moth. 



G/obosusa curiosa, nov. 



(J . Antennai grey, palpi blackish brown, legs yellow striped 

 witii black on the uj)perside ; head, thorax, and fore wing 

 saffron-yellow : fore wing witii faint indications of subbasal, 

 anfemedial, and postmedial grey lines ; a blackish pofitmedial 

 patch on the costa and black dots on the outer margin : hind 

 wing yellowish white, indications of a recurved medial grey 

 line, its lower part with black sjiots on veins 3 and 2 and two 

 near the abdominal margin ; indications of a postmedial 

 outwardly curved grey line and black lunular spots on the 

 outer margin. Underside uniform yellowish white; fore 

 wing A-ith a linear black S{)Ot in the cell, a smaller one at the 

 end, small pustmedial and subapical brownish marks ; hind 

 wing with a small lunular discoidal black spot. 



Ex|)anse of wings, (J, 1 inch. 



Hah. Saugir Island, south of the Philippines [Doherty'). 



