598 ARCTIAD.E. 



spot. Hind wing fuscous with oblique triangular white patch from 

 costa near base to submedian fold above tornus ; the underside with 

 white streak on base of costa, the patch not extending above the 

 cell, its outer edge angled beyond lower angle of cell. 



llab. Br. New Guinea, Angabunga R. (Meek), type f J m 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 millim. 



*592/. Neoscaptia bimaculata. (Plate XXXI. fig. 21.) 



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



5 . Head and thorax black-brown suffused with metallic blue ; 

 the coxae, streaks on tibiae, and rings on tarsi white ; abdomen 

 black-brown, the anal tuft white. Fore wing black suffused with 

 metallic blue; a conical white antemedial patch from just below 

 costa to inner margin, narrowing above and with its outer edge 

 excurved at middle ; a rounded white spot below the costa beyond 

 middle, its inner edge somewhat excised ; a deep cupreous red sub- 

 terminal patch from below costa to just below vein 3, followed by 

 a small elliptical white spot below apex. Hind wing black-brown 

 with oblique conical white patch extending on costa from base to 

 beyond middle and to vein 1 near termen, some white irroration 

 beloAv it at middle. Underside of fore wing black-brown, the red 

 not extending below vein 0. 



Sab. Dutch N. Guinea, Mt. Goliath (Meek), type t $ in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 millim. 



*592y. Neoscaptia apicipuncta. (Plate XXXI. fig. 22.) 



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



$ . Head and thorax black suffused with metallic blue ; tarsi with 

 the 1st joint white ; abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft greyish, 

 white below. Fore wing black suffused with metallic blue ; an 

 oblique white antemedial band with sinuous edges, narrow at costa 

 and broad at inner margin ; a curved deep cupreous red patch from 

 below costa beyond middle to above tornus with a round white spot 

 beyond it below apex. Hind wing black-brown with an oblique 

 conical white natch extending on costa from near base to beyond 

 middle and to vein 1 towards termen. Underside of fore wing 

 black-brown with the red reduced to a rounded patch below costa. 



Sab. Br. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi (Meek), type t $ i" 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 20 millim. 



*592 7i. Neoscaptia unipunctata. (Plate XXXI. fig. 23.) 



Caprimima unipunctata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 242 (1912). 



£ . Head and thorax black suffused with metallic blue, the 

 fcegulse pure white; hind femora towards extremities and tibia 2 

 except towards extremities and the 1st joint of mid and hind tarsi 



