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. black streak on each side, ■ Tarsi with black tips. Wings pellucid; 

 veins black. Fore wings luteous towards the base ; veins thick, partly 

 black-bordered. Length of the body 2 lines, of the wings 6 lines. 



. Hab. Gilolo. 



33(5. AuFiDUS ALBOATER. Mtts. Atcr, capite siibconico, scuto albo- 

 fasciato, scutelli disco albo, tibiis posticis albo fasciatis, tarsis posticis 

 albis apice nigris, alis anticis fasciis tribus albis, 2" 3''que divisis, ulis 

 posticis cinereis apice nigris. 



Male. Deep black. Head somewhat conical; vertex much broader 

 than long, slightly excavated ; front convex, with fine transverse striae 

 on each side, and with a longitudinal furrow. Scutum with a wliite 

 band on the fore border; scutcllum with a white disk. Hind tibiix; 

 with a broad white band ; hind tarsi white, with black tips. Fore 

 wings with three white bands ; first band entire basal ; second com- 

 posed of three transverse streaks, of which two are costal and one is 

 on the hind border; third of three longitudinal and apical streaks. 

 Hind wings cinereous, hyaline, black towards tlie tips; veins black. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines, of the wings 5^ lines. 



Hab. Mysol ; New Guinea. 



Geuua Pttelus, St. Farg. et Serv. 



337. Ptyelus vicarius. Mas. Fulvus, subtus paUide flavus, verticis 

 disco scutoque antico piceo subnebulosis, fronte convexa transverse 

 striata, scuto nigricante vittato, alis anticis plagis pallidioribus fascia- 

 que picca lata obliqun postice furcata strigam albidam includente, alis 

 posticis cinereis. 



Male. Tawny, pubescent, pale yellow beneath. Disk of the vertex and 

 fore ])art of the scutum slightly jjiccous-clonded. Front convex, 

 finely and transversely striated on each side. Scutum with a blackish 

 stripe. Fore wings with some j)aler patches, and with a broad oblique 

 irregular piceous band, which is forked towards the hind border and 

 includes an oblique whitish streak, the latter proceeding from the 

 costa. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 41^ lines, of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



338. Ptyelus pectoralis. Mas. Picea, subtus pallide testacea, 

 vei'tice breviconico, fronte convexa transverse striata, scuto subcari- 

 nato, scutelli apice abdomine pedibusque fulvis, alis anticis forrugiiieis 

 fasciis duabus antice connexis strigaque postica piceis macula costali 

 albida, alis posticis fuscescenti-cinereis. 



Male. Piceous, pale testaceous beneath. Head and thorax minutely 

 punctured. Head narrower than the thorax ; vertex conical, twice as 

 broad as long ; front convex, transversely striated on each side ; face 

 not keeled. Scutum with a slight keel; scutcllum with a tawny tip. 



