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terminating in a dark antemecUan line, one at the apex, and another 

 at the angle. ]5et\veen these two is an extension of the median 

 pale ochreons area extending to the hind margin ; an angidnted 

 dai'k postniedian line ; a small dai-k central spot and a dai'k mai"k 

 on the inner margin between the lines. 



Hind wing grey. Fringes of both wings bright chestnut. 



Exp. 27 mm. 



Island of Mioswar, Dutch New Guinea. 



Stericta rurealis, sp. n. (PI. LXV'III. fig. 2.) 



Head, antennae, and palpi pale ochreous ; patagia chestnut ; 

 abdomen pale at the base, but with chestnut tuft ; legs dark, 

 paler at the joints. 



Fore wing ochreous, with a yellower shade along the costa and 

 the raised scales I'ed. A basal patch reddish chestnut, bounded 

 obliquely and extending along the inner maigin nearly halfway. 

 An apical chestnut patch and a smallei- patch at the angle. 



Hind wing pale ochreous, with a fine marginal line darker. 

 Fringes ochreous, but darker at the apex. 



Exp. 44 mm. 



Arfak Mts., 4000 ft. 



Sub-fam. Pyralin^. 



CURENA EXTBRNALIS Walk. 



Sub-fam . HYDROCAMriN.E. 



AULACODES BRUNNBALIS Hmpsu. 

 AULACOBES METALOXALIS Hmpsn. 



Nymphula chryseis Meyr. 



IST YMPHULA poltstictalis Hmpsu. 



Olupeosoma polusalis Walk. 



PlLETOCERA (EGIMISALIS Walk. 

 PiLETOCERA DIPLATYLA Walk. 

 PlLETOCERA TORSICUTALIS Hmpsn. 



Neogenesis flavoplagialis Hmpsn. 



Perisyntrooha suffusa, sp. n. (PI. LXVITI. fig. 4.) 



Head, antennae, palpi, and legs pale ochreous ; thorax darker, 

 with paler patagia ; abdomen grey, with pale band at base and 

 paler rings at the segments. 



Fore wing hyaline, pale golden ; a darker mai-gin to the costa. 

 A patch of dark scales at end of cell, developing into a triangular 

 fuscous mark reaching to the inner margin ; the apical area of 

 the wing is occupied by a fuscous patch, with the exception of a 

 pale patch extending from the costa to the central nervure. 



