Some apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae 219 



31. Garea perspicua sp. nov. 

 ? , 35 mm. 



Head, palpus, thorax, and antennal shaft pale ochreous-brown, 

 shaded with pale olive and red-brown; pectus and legs whitish, the legs 

 tinged in parts with ochreous and reddish ; dorsum of abdomen pale 

 pinkish-brown ; ventral surface pale ochreous with the anus bright red. 



Fore wing pale pinkish-brown, tinged with olive at costa on distal 

 side of the postmedial line, and on terrnen ; antemedial and postmedial 

 lines sharply marked, olive-brown, oblique, a little excurved from costa 

 to near the cell, the former from nearly one-third costa to middle of 

 hindmargin, the latter from nearly two-thirds costa to hindmargin near 

 tornus ; a large black semi-circular spot on hindmargin proximally to 

 the antemedial line; fringe dark red and grey mixed, whiter at tornus. 



Hind wing pinkish-yellow, whiter at base and along costa to near 

 apex ; fringe a shade paler than wing. 



Underside of fore wing pinkish-yellow, the termen tinged with red, 

 the hindmargin (behind fold, to tornus) almost pure white ; hind wing 

 whitish, tinged with ochreous (especially at costa) and with pale rufous 

 on termen. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, one ? . 



A very distinct species. Perhaps nearest to Aiteta careoides Warr. 

 (which in coll. Brit. Mus. is placed as a Garea species, immediately 

 following rubrifusa Hmpsn.), but differs in shape of wing, tone of 

 ground-colour, distinctness and exact direction of lines, etc. 



32. Garea caroli sp. nov. 

 $ ? , 35 — 42 ram. 



$ . Antennae with rather short fasciculate cilia (once diameter of 

 shaft ?) Head, thorax, palpus and antennal shaft rufous mixed with 

 olive-brown ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with rufous, the tarsi 

 tinged with fuscous (in some specimens very little of the white ground 

 remains) ; dorsum of abdomen whitish, more or less strongly suffused 

 with fuscous, anal segments and ventral surface rufous, the anal tufts 

 white. 



Fore wing rufous thickly irrorated with purplish-brown, leaving a 

 more or less conspicuous rufous patch round the postmedial line ; costa 

 white ; wing very glossy with the markings obsolescent. Antemedial 

 line from one-third costa to two-fifths hindmargin, slightly excurved, 



