208 Some apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae 



the metathorax and a triangular patch at middle of hindmargin of fore 

 wing suffused with pinkish-white. 



One ? (ab. signiferoides ab. nov.) has the proximal area of fore 

 wing, as far as medial line (with the exception of a broad pale patch 

 along one-third of costa) suffused with rufous, with a broad black streak 

 along M and the ordinary markings almost obsolete ; recalls one of the 

 forms of signifera, though easily distinguished by the oblique reniform 

 and medial line, the yellowish tone of terminal area, &c. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, two 3 3, six 

 ? ? . 



17. Stictoptera hampsoni sp. nov. 



= Stictoptera signifera Hmpsn. Ab. 7, Cat. Lep. Phal. xi, 156 (1912) 

 (nee Walker.) 



3 , 38—42 min. 



Head, palpus and tegulae whitish, irregularly banded with dark 

 brown ; thorax and patagia pale grey with a few dark markings ; 

 abdomen above pale grey ; abdomen beneath, pectus and legs white, 

 the tibiae and tarsi broadly shaded with brown. 



Fore wing ochreous-white irrorated and in parts suffused with 

 violet-grey. Markings almost exactly as in signifera Wlkr., but the 

 medial line only very slightly angled outward behind costa and dis- 

 tinctly excurved in fold, the apical dashes thicker and blacker than in 

 signifera, the proximal one shorter ; claviform rather more conspicu- 

 ously black. Fore wing rather broader than in true signifera, with the 

 costa distinctly less arched. 



Hind wing distinctly narrower than in signifera, the discal spot 

 and dark border much as in that species. 



Underside of both wings almost as in signifera, but the costal striga 

 on hind wing a trifle nearer to the distal margin — appearing less 

 connected with the discal streak. 



? , 34—38 mm. 



Fore wing a little broader and less elongate than in the 3 , the 

 proximal half of wing, to the medial line, evenly suffused with violet- 

 grey, or violet-grey shading to dark purple at the medial line. 



This species falls into a number of different forms, some of the 

 principal of which are named below. 



