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fore wing, hind wing and underside normal. Possibly faded in some 

 way, but appears in perfect condition. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, seventy-five 3 $ , 

 seventy-four ? ? : 3,000 feet, October to November, 1919, one ? ; 

 4,600 feet, January, 1920, four $ $ , three ? ? . 



26. Sinna joiceyi sp. nov. 

 ? , 34—38 mm. 



Head, thorax, legs and abdomen beneath pure white, the fore 

 femora and tibia shaded with golden-yellow above; head, tegulae, 

 thorax and patagia with brilliant crimson stripes, as in floralis Hmpsn.; 

 abdomen above bright yellow ; antennal shaft yellow shaded with 

 fuscous, basally white on inner side. 



Fore wing pure white with the inner lines yellow at costa, then 

 bright crimson ; a bright yellow subterminal band, shaded with crimson 

 only as far as E 1 and again on M 2 ; some black spots near apex. Three 

 outwardly oblique lines from proximal half of costa, the first bent out- 

 ward on SM 2 to middle of hindmargin ; the second ending at fold ; the 

 third forming a large distal loop at M, behind which it curves back to 

 join the proximal line at hind margin ; a fine crimson streak in fold from 

 near base to the end of the second line; subterminal band outwardly 

 curved from costa at about five-sevenths to B 1 near termen, ending on 

 M 2 in a broad, proximal crimson streak with a spur from its posterior 

 edge ; a broad, interrupted, curved black line from costa to E\ close to 

 the subterminal band ; a black apical spot and a terminal one on E 2 ; 

 a slight black marginal line before tornus ; fringe pure white. 



Hind wing bright yellow ; fringe pure white. 



Underside of fore wing white, thickly irrorated with bright yellow 

 except on distal two-thirds of costa, at termen and behind fold ; slight 

 traces of three oblique lines and black apical spot. Hind wing creamy- 

 white, irrorated with yellow behind the cell and M 1 , and at abdominal 

 margin. 



Ab. jacobi ab. nov. has the middle of fore wing suffused with fuscous, 

 leaving the costa, termen, base and hindmargin broadly white. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, three ? ? (in- 

 cluding type and type of ab. jacobi) ; also two ? ? at 4,600 feet, 

 January, 1920 (one of these belongs to ab. jacobi) and one 2 at 3,000 

 feet, January to February, 1920. 



