240 Sir G. F. lluinpson on new 



Hah. Seychelles, Prnslin {Fletcher), 2 c?, 1 $; Car- 

 GADOS CaIIKJOS {Fletc/ier), 1 cj ; COETIVY {Fletcher), 1 ^ i 



1 ? ; Amirantes (Fletcher), Poivre, 1 cT, 1 ? , D'Anos, 1 (^ , 

 St. Joseph, P^agle, 1 cJ , Dcsroches ; CnAGOS Is., Peros 

 Bnnlios (Flttcher), 1 (J typ<?) Salomon Atoll, Diogo Garcia ; 

 Ceylon, Kandy {Green), 3 J, 2 $, Poradonvia, llain- 

 laiitota, Tiiiiconiali {Fletcher), 1 cJ , 1 ? ; CocOS-KeelinG I. 

 {Dann'n, ]Voo(i-Joneti),'d cT ; CHRISTMAS I. (-.l/u/rej^e*), 1 (J , 



2 ? ; SlXGAl»ORE {Ridley), \ ^ , 1 ? ; FORMOSA {Seehohm, 

 Dickson, Ilohson), 1 J , 5 $; LOO-CHOO Is, {Pri/er), 1 c? ; 



New CJuinea {Matheic), 1 cJ , 3 ? ; N. Australia, Baudin I. 

 {J. J. ^Valker), 1 c? , 1 $ , Pt. Darwin {J. J. Witlkcr), 3 (J, 

 2 $; Queensland, Cooktown {de la Garde), 2 $; Solo- 

 mon Is., Alu {Woodford, Matheic), 2 c? ; (JiLBERT Is. 

 {Woodford), 2 ^; MARSHALL Js. {Matheic), 1 c? , 2 ? ; 

 KlliCE Is. ( IFoor/^b/t/, Matheic), 4 (J, 1 ?. Exp. 

 34-44 mm. 



I am indebted to Paymaster T. Bainbrigge Fletcher for 

 pointing out the distinctions and suggesting the name of 

 this ."pccies. The larva feeds on Tournefurtia argentea. 

 Specimens iVom the mainland of Africa and Asia, Ceylon, 

 Colombo, Nicobars, Java, New Guinea, Port ^loresby, New 

 South Wales, Tasmania, and Fiji are V. pulchella. 



2087 a. Uletheisa pectinata, sp. n. 



J . Differs from U. pulcheUa only in the male having the 

 antennae bipectinate with very short branches, and the hind 

 win" havin;r the fold and fuit on inner area. 



ll(d>. N. AusTRALLV, Port Es.sitigton, 1 S type. Exp. 

 3G mm. 



This species belongs to the same section of the genus 

 as U. antennata, which also has the fold and tuft on inner 

 area as well as the pectinate antenna. 



2107 a. Rhodogastria atrivena, sp. n. 



$. Pure white; palpi tinged with yellow, black above; 

 fions black at tides and with two black spots above; vertex 

 of head with black point ; anteniise brownish ; tegulaj, 

 shoulders, patagia, and prothorax with pairs of small black 

 spots, those on ttgulaj larger; legs yellow, the knees with 

 black spots; abdomen with lateral black points except on 

 basal segments and minute sublateral black streaks on two 

 njcdial tegracnts. Fore wing with fine black-brown streaks 



