731 AHCTi.vn.T. 



margin and apex widely so ; an orange patch at base from sub-: 

 median fold to inner margin and an elongate spot at tornus. Hind 

 wing with hyaline fascia on costal area, the costal edge yellow to 

 beyond middle. 



Fore wing with vein 7 from S before 9. 



Hab. New Guinea, Milne Bay {Meek), 2 tf . JEzp. 26 millim. 

 Type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. 



*895e. Zygsenosia basalis. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 11.) 



Zygsenopsis basalis, Roths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 412 (1901). 



c? . Black ; palpi, frons, basal joint of antennae in front, pectus, 

 and legs orange, the fore tibia? with a little fuscous above ; abdomen 

 orange, the claspers black above. Fore wing with orange patch on 

 inner area from near base to before middle; the interspaces hyaline 

 except towards margin's. Underside of hind wing with the costal 

 edge yellow on basal two-thirds. 



Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 from a point. 



Hab. D'Entrecasteaux Is., Ferguson I. (Meek), type t d in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 28 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the orange patch larger. 



Hab. Br,N. Guinea, Milne Bay. - 



895. Zygaenosia flavibasis, insert :— 



Subsp. 1. abdominalis, Eoths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 413 (1901). 



<S . Palpi, frons, pectus, and legs orange ; fore and mid tibiae 

 above fuscous, the hind tibiae with a little fuscous at extremities ; 

 abdomen orange, the 1st and terminal segments above black. 



Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Rothschild, Mailu (Anthony) ; D'Entrecasteaux Is., Ferguson I. 

 (Meek). 



Subsp. 2. immaculata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 414 (1901). 



S . Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 before 9 ; no orange spot on 

 basal inner area. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Humboldt Bay (DoJiert//), type f c? in 

 Coll. Rothschild. 



*S95/ Zygaenosia assimilis. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 15.) 



Zygsenopsis assimilis, Eoths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 413 (1901). 



cj 1 . Black-brown ; palpi, basal joint of antennas in front, pectus, 

 and legs orange ; abdomen orange, the terminal segment and 

 claspers above black. Fore wing with orange streak in base of 

 cell and elongate patch above and below vein 1 on basal area ; the 



