210 Some apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae 



appearance than in the Malayan forms (this applies especially to the 

 2 , but is noticeable also in the 3). The head and tegulae are also 

 blacker-brown in the Cerarn subspecies, and the subbasal striae less 

 well-defined, though one 3 and one 2 show a large black spot in fold 

 proximally to the antemedial line. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, eight 3 3 , 

 eleven 2 2 . 



19. Stictoptera variegata Hmpsn. manuselensis subsp. nov. 

 3 , 46 — 48 mm. 



Tegulae mainly deep black, with a broad pale streak at middle ; 

 dorsum of abdomen smoky-grey, darker than in the type form. 



Differs from variegata variegata on the fore wing in the rather 

 heavier black shading, the absence of the posterior pale patch distally 

 to the antemedial line, the distinct pale lunule on the proximal edge 

 of the reniform, and in the rufous band distally to the postmedial line 

 being clearer, less interrupted than in the type form. 



On the hind wing variegata manuselensis differs in having the 

 fuscous border narrower than in the type form, with the posterior 

 third paler and interrupted by a whitish marginal line. On the under- 

 side the difference is still more marked, the band being much paler 

 than in variegata variegata, more or less broken into diffused lines, 

 and fading away into the white ground colour at the anal angle. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, three 3 3 . 



20. Stictoptera grisea Wlkr. fasciimargo subsp. nov. 

 3 2 , 42 — 47 mm. 



Hind wing slightly longer and distinctly broader in both sexes than 

 in typical grisea, with the termen a little fuller about R 3 and M 1 , but 

 almost certainly a race of this species. Border of the hind wing 

 showing exactly the same racial development as in the last species 

 (suggesting at least a very close relationship between grisea and 

 variegata) . All six specimens have the markings stronger than in the 

 majority of Indo-Malayan forms, with the proximal area suffused with 

 purplish, forming a broad, diffused subbasal band, and a second slight 

 band distally to the antemedial line ; the tornal dart is extended to the 

 postmedial line. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, one 3 , five 2 2 . 



There is also in the Ceram collection a 2 of semialba Wlkr. 



