1907.] FROM BEITISH NEW GUINEA. 71 



tip ; three clots on costa before this mark and a dot at end of 

 cell. Hind wing pale clouded on margin with smoky. 



Exp. 23-26 mm. 



Hah. Dinawa. 



18. M. APicALis, sp. n. (Plate III.) 



Head, antennae, and palpi chestnut, thorax and abdomen the 

 same with a few grey hairs ; patagia paler. Fore wing ; ground- 

 colour chestnvit, but the band, which is conspicuously white, is 

 extended in some specimens in a tooth into the hind margin while 

 on the other side it produces a basal blotch. Hind wing fuscous 

 edged with darker. Fringes of both wings pale chestnut. 



Exp. 30-34 mm. 



Hah. Kebea, Dinawa, Babouni, Ekeikei. 



19. M. TENEBROSALIS, Sp. n. 



Head, legs, palpi, and antennae ochreous ; abdomen grey, with 

 dark transverse band on second segment. Fore wing ochreous with 

 basal and apical blotch ; the band begins near the base with a dark 

 interrujjted line, it is twice as wide on costa as on inner margin 

 and the exterior boundary is an oblique angulated dark line ; the 

 interior of the band is reddish ochreous with a dark dot at end 

 of cell. Hind wing smoky. Fringes of both wings ochreous. 



Exp. 32-36 mm. 



Hah. Kebea, Ekeikei, Babouni. 



20. M. PERDENTALis, sp. n. (Plate III.) 



Head, legs, palpi, and antennae pinkish ; thorax, patagia, and 

 abdomen ochreous grey, with a slight chestnut band on second 

 segment. Fore wing ochreous grey with dark lines and chestnut 

 patches, basal blotch grey ; band very irregular, bounded on 

 inner side by an oblique dark angulated line, on outer side by a 

 strongly marked line, very narrow on inner margin but occupying 

 about one-third of costa and mostly chestnut ; beyond the band 

 is a darker cloud towards apex ; there is also a dark central dot. 

 Hing wing smoky with darker veins, rather paler towards the 

 base. Fringes of both wings pale grey. 



Exp. 30 mm. 



Hah. Dinawa, Kebea. 



21. M. PORPHYREALis, sp. n. (Plate III.) 



Head, legs, palpi, and antennae pinkish ochreous ; thorax grey 

 to reddish. Fore wing mostly dark brown, with whitish and 

 grey interrupted transverse bands ; the median band is very 

 indistinct but its outer boundary is marked by a paler narrow 

 angulated band with a tooth in the middle ; there is a row of 

 subterminal dark spots. Hind wing straw-colour with darker 

 margin. Fringes of both wings pale. 



Exp. 34-36 mm. 



Hah. Ekeikei, Kebea, Dinawa. 



