HYAL.ETHEA. 53 



scales on 3rd. Fore wing greenish black ; ;i wedge-shaped hyaline 

 patch in cell ; an elongate patch below the cell and vein 2 extending 



Fig. 9. — Hyal&thea aroa, rf . {. 



nearly to termen and dilated at middle ; elongate spots above veins 

 3, 4 and 6 and a small spot above 7. Hind wing greenish black, 

 the cilia near termen brownish. 



Sab. Br. N. Guinea. Aroa R. {Meek), 1 6 . Exp. 32 millim. 

 Type f in Coll. Rothschild. 



*230 c. Hyalaethea meeci. 



Ceryx meehi, Boths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 429 (1910), & xix. p. 375, pi. iii. 

 f. 25. 



c? . Head and thorax black, the frons, tegulse except at middle 

 of tips, patagia at base, and metathorax yellow ; fore coxae yellow ; 

 abdomen black with a yellow band on each segment. Fore wing 

 black; a wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell, elongate patch below 

 the cell, elongate spot above veins 6, 4, 3 and small spot above 

 vein 7. Hind wing yellow; the terminal area black except towards 

 tornus, expanding at apex and emitting streaks inwards below 

 vein 2 and at vein 1 ; the underside with the costal area black. 



Sab. Be. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), type f rf in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 30 millim. 



*230 J. Hyalaethea alberti. 



Hyalaethea alberti, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 440 (1910), & xix. p. 376, 

 pi. iv. f. 23. 



<S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown shot with blue ; 

 frons and triangular patches on pat igia orange-yellow ; coxa', 

 femora, and legs below yellow, the fringe of scales of fore tarsi 

 whitish; abdomen with orange bands on each segment. Fore wing 

 black-brown with a cupreous gloss; a wedge-shaped hyaline patch 

 in cell, elongate patch in submedian interspace from near base to 

 near termen, and elongate spots above veins 6, 4, 3. Hind wing 

 black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; the lobe of inner margin and 

 cilia towards tornus whitish; the cell and a patch below it orange- 

 yellow ; hyaline spots above veins 2 and 3. 



Sab. Solomons, Vella Lavella (Meek), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 31 millim. 



