172 Mil. r. WALKER ON llOMOrXlillA 



- the lateral keels converging hindward. Wings white, nearly hyaline, 

 very broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, tuberculate at the 

 base ; exterior border straight ; interior angle acute j transverse veins 

 in the disk rather numerous ; transverse costal veins numerous, re- 

 gular; marginal veins forked. Hind wings with no transverse veins ; 

 some of the marginal veins forked. Length of the body 5 lines, 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



Hub. Aru. 



It resembles JST. rosea ; but the fore wings have much fewer 

 transverse veins. 



224. Nephesa amcena. Mas et Foem. Alba, capite lateribus sub- 

 carinatis, vertice, fronte, prothorace et mesothorace tricarinatis, alis 

 anticis rufo guttatis et punctatis fusco ex parte raarginatis, apice 

 rectangulatis angulo ])ostieo acutissinio, venis transversis plurimis. 

 Var. j8. Viridis, pectore, ventre alisque posticis albis, alis anticis an- 

 nulis nonnuUis. Var. y, Alis anticis paUide roseis guttis punctisque 

 saturatioribus. 



Male and Female. White. Head with shghtly prominent borders; 

 vertex arched, nearly four times as broad as long, with three keels, 

 the keel on each side diverging hindward from the middle one; 

 front not longer thau broad, hardly rounded on each side, with three 

 keels, which do not extend to the face, the keel on each side curved 

 outward ; face not keeled. Prothorax arched, with a few red points, 

 and with three keels, the keel on each side diverging hindward from 

 the middle one. Mesothorax with three keels, the keel on each side 

 hardly curved. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, tuberculate at 

 the base, with various red dots and points; a brown point in the 

 middle of the hind border, which is sometimes brown from the 

 point to the base ; exterior border brown ; interior angle prominent, 

 very acute ; transverse veins and transverse costal veins, numerous, 

 the latter regular. ^ 



Var. ^. Green ; pectus, abdomen beneath, and hind wings white ; some 

 of the dots on the fore wings forming ringlets, which in a few cases 

 have white disks. 



Var. y. Fore wings pale rose-coloured, with bright rosy dots and points. 

 Length of the body 3^-4 lines, of the wings 12 lines. 



Hab. Morty; Sula; Gilolo; Ceram. 



The prominent head and the acute fore wings distinguish it 

 from i\r. gemmifera. 



225. Nephesa conficita. Mas. Palhde testacea, capite lateribus 

 subcarinatis, vertice transverso unicarinato, fronte tricarinata, pro- 

 thorace carina rufescente, mesothorace tricarinato; alis anticis rufo 

 maculntis guttatis punctatis et venosis, apice rotundatis angulo 



