242 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Lepidoptera 



(Enochromiidse. 

 4. Decetia insignis^ sp. n. 



$. Nearest to D. suhohscurata {Gynopteryx subobscurata ^ 

 Walk.) : primaries above sandy ochreous, sparsely speckled 

 with dark grey, most densely at apex ; a spot of dark grey at 

 the end of the cell and three small, ill-defined, greyish patches 

 in the form of a triangle, one on apical fifth of costa, a second 

 near the middle of the outer margin, a third near the middle of 

 the first median interspace ; a slender, oblique, brownish line 

 from just before the middle of the inner margin to the apex ; 

 a submarginal series of five grey-speckled white dots towards 

 apex ; fringe brown : secondaries with greyish-white costal 

 area, mottled with grey towards apex ; remainder of wing 

 ochraceous at base, this colour being limited at basal fourth 

 by a short brown line, thence to middle greyish flesh-coloured ; 

 discal third ochraceous, partly interrupted and bounded exter- 

 nally by an irregular streak of five very unequal pitch-brown 

 spots, the second of which is large, quadrate, and placed 

 obliquely ; external fourth greyish flesh-coloured, with deep 

 ochreous outer margin ; fringe brown. Vertex of head and 

 stem of antennae whitish, pectinations brown ; thorax flesh- 

 tinted ; abdomen grey-brown. Under surface flesh-pink, 

 densely mottled with minute grey striations ; venter whitish. 

 Expanse of wings 47 millim. 



Alu. 



In the same collection is a second Decetia^ from Shortland 

 Island, which agrees so. closely with D. numicusaria that I 

 have no doubt of its being the male. The locality " S. Ame- 

 rica " was on the specimen described by Walker ; but even 

 he was aware that this was an error. No locality was given 

 in the register. 



BoarmiidsB. 

 5. Ophthalmodes parva^ sp. n. 



$ . General appearance above of 0. herlidaria ; white, 

 irrorated and striped with olive-green as follows : — two indis- 

 tinct subparallel lines across the basal half ; an arched band 

 enclosing a regular zigzag white line beyond the middle, and 

 a marginal band, enclosing along its innner edge a series of 

 whitish lunules ; three series of black dots, the first along the 

 inner edge of the postmedian white stripe, the second on the 

 inner edge of the submarginal lunules, the third marginal : 

 primaries also with a black dot near the base of the median 



