NEOSCAPTIA. 593 



Subs]), gmzonis, Jord. Nov. Zool. xi. p. 413 (1904). 

 2 ■ Hind wing with the inner area black ; the terminal band 

 broad, narrowing somewhat towards tornus. 



Hab. Solomon Is., Guizo I. {Meek), type f $ in Coll. Rothschild. 



592 a. Neoscaptia flavicaput. 



Neoscaptia flavicaput, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 239 (1912). 



Fore wing of male with the costa somewhat excised at middle 

 with a fringe of long downturned hair below it on upperside from 

 near base to beyond middle, the median nervure curved upwards 

 and approximated to the subcostal nervure for half the Length of 

 cell; hind wing with the costa very highly arched at middle and 

 fringed with hair, the stalk of veins 0, 7 and vein 8 beyond the cell 

 curved downwards. 



Fig. 173. — Neoscaptia flavicaput, c?- §. 



d . Head and tegulae except outer edge pale yellow, palpi; edges 

 of frons, and antennae red-brown, the rest of thorax reddish brown 

 glossed with metallic blue ; abdomen dark reddish brown. Fore 

 wing cupreous red, the costa and termen black-brown ; a large 

 conical yellow medial patch extending from below costa to inner 

 margin, edged by blue-black and with some metallic blue suffusion 

 beyond it at middle. Hind wing rufous with an oblique conical 

 yellow patch extending on costa from near base to beyond middle 

 and to submedian fold. Underside of fore wing rufous except the 

 yellow patch ; bind wing with the costal edge narrowly rufous. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Kumusi R. (Meek), 1 d • Exp. 

 IS millim. Type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild. 



*592 b. Neoscaptia androconiata. 

 Neoscaptia androconiata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 239 (1912). 



Fore wing of male with fringe of long downturned blackish 

 hair covering fringes of downturned ocbreous hair on costa on 

 upperside from near base to beyond middle, the middle of inner 

 margin with a conical excision, the inner margin beyond it clothed 

 with downturned hair above, vein 2 from close to angle of cell, 

 3, 4 stalked ; bind wing with the costa highly arched towards base, 

 then truncate, a rounded patch of androconia below the costa 



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