Lf'piJojttera from Cupe } ork and Xeio Guinea. 127 



yrllow, rctioulatid witli vcnnilioii; abdumcii vermilion, spotted 

 with black ; wing.s and body below glossy vermilion, front 

 coxa' yellow. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Allied to 1\ latifera, but without grey bands or lines in 

 primaries. 



Suhfamily lIiPsiyjE^ Kutlcr. 



Genus Damalis, llubncr. 



32. Damalis alciphron. 

 Phitlana-AttacttsalciphroH, Cr&mer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. ISO. fig. E (1779). 

 New Guinea. 



Family Chalcosiida. 



Genus Dysphania, Hubner. 

 33. DyajyJiania chalyheata^ n. sp. 



Hyaline greyish ; markings arranged as in D. numana 

 {Euschema lielenetta^ Walker) ; borders and spots pui-plish 

 black ; submarginal spots barely indicated above, excepting 

 the suba])ioal oblifpie series in primaries ; thorax orange- 

 yellow ; abdomen golden yellow, whitish above. Expanse 

 of wings 3 inches 4 lines. 



It is just possible that this may prove to be the male of 

 D. nutnana- but I know of no parallel instance of dissimilarity 

 in the .sexes. 1 think it more probable that it is the Austra- 

 lian representative of that species. 



Genus Pk^SOS, Walker. 



34. Pt'cesos mariana. 

 Eusemia mariana, White, \'oyage of the 'Rattlesnake.' 



Family Hyblaeidae. 

 Genus Hybl^a, Fabricius. 

 35. Hyhlcpa puera. 

 I'hnlcma-Noctun puera, Cramer, Pap. E.vot. ii. pi. 103. figs. D, E (1779). 



Family Ommatophoridae. 



Genus Patula, Guen^e. 



36. Patula MacFarlanei, n. sp. 



Allied to P. macrops ; larger, greyer in colouring, the ocellus 

 and the dark bar beyond it much more oblique, the subbasal 

 bands of primaries converging towards co.sta, ill-defined, and 



