Eastern and Austrah'an Moths. 199 



Diomea diffitsifascia, nov. 



(J . Palpi dark blackisli brown, ochreous on the inner sides 

 and at the tips of terminal joints ; head, body, and wings of a 

 unifoini dark blackisli brown, tinged with pink; some white 

 marks on costa ; four white points towards apex; a broad 

 pinkish-grey diffused band, narrow towards eosta, broadening 

 downward to the hinder angle, covering nearly its outer half, 

 tlie band containing a whitish angulated transverse line and 

 many brownish marks and suffusions ; some .ti;rey marks near 

 apex, indieating a submarginal band, also slightly indicated 

 on tlie hind wings, which are otherwise without markings ; 

 both wings with black marginal spots and black marginal 

 line ; cilia of fore wings brown with ochreous spots, of hind 

 wings brown with ochreous tips : underside nearly black ; 

 fore wings with the discal band white and pure ; apical 

 portion blackish grey. 



Expanse of wings 1-j^ inch. 



Sarawak, Borneo. 



There is an example of this species in the B. M. from 

 Borneo unnamed. 



Diomea almana^ nov. 



? . Palpi ochreous, a black band above at end of second 

 joint, a black stripe above along terminal joint ; head, thorax, 

 and abdomen pinkish brown, with grey markings: fore wings 

 with nearly the entire inner space smeared with pinkish grey, 

 due to the thinness of the scaling; thicker scales at the base, 

 along the costal apex and outer marginal portions dark pink- 

 brown, forming the commencement of transverse bands divided 

 by pinkish-grey lines, and the commencement of two white 

 bands indicated on the costal third and two thirds by white 

 marks ; marginal line black, slightly running in on the veins : 

 hind wings pink-brown, with several blackish-brown transverse 

 bands; a black central angulated line, broadly suffused with 

 white on the outer side ; a blackish marginal band, witii a 

 broad white suffusion running through it; a marginal black 

 festoon ; cilia of both wings ochreous, with brown patches : 

 underside uniform pale grey, with indications of a central 

 transverse band. 



Expanse of wings 1 ,-„ inch. 



Sarawak, Borneo. 



Diomea lichenosa, Ilmpsn., has a similarly smeared space 

 on fore wings, but the markings are quite different. 



