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with white, the medial area tinged with chocolate-brown. Ante- 

 medial, medial and postmedial lines black, the antemedial (proximally) 

 and the postmedial (distally) defined by white, nearly as in sericea 

 Btlr. ; reniform and orbicular ill-defined, nearly as in sericea ; sub- 

 terminal line white, strongly waved and dentate, proximally dark- 

 shaded as far as the white definition of the postmedial line ; a 

 triangular white patch at tornus ; fringe chequered dark-brown and 

 whitish. 



Hind wing yellow, with indications of a dark-brown line before 

 anal angle and some brown hair on basal half of abdominal margin 

 (both these are nearly obsolete in the type specimen) ; fringe 

 chequered brown and white. 



Underside of both wings with the proximal two-thirds bright 

 yellow, the distal third and costal margin whitish irrorated with 

 brown ; a postmedial dark streak on costa of each wing and a paler- 

 brown, diffused terminal patch ; fringe as above. Hind wing with 

 white patch and dark streak at tornus. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, two $ $ . 



Belongs either to Section I or Section II of Hampson ; in the 

 absence of the ? it is impossible to say which. Possibly nearest to 

 papuensis Warr. or sericea Butl. 



44. Dipthera nigricatena sp. nov. 

 ? , 52 mm. 



Head, palpus and thorax white tinged with salmon-colour, with 

 patches of deep black (one on the fillet ; one on either side of tegulae, 

 at middle ; two patches each on the patagia ; one on prothorax and 

 six on metathorax) ; antennal shaft black, with some white at and 

 towards base ; pectus white ; legs white, broadly banded with black, 

 the fore legs and the tarsi with some pale-brown shading ; abdomen 

 above yellow with a dorsal black spot on each segment, the last two 

 segments black, anal tuft brown ; abdomen beneath white banded with 

 black, the bands interrupted at middle except on last segment. 



Fore wing white, slightly flushed with pale salmon-colour, the 

 markings deep black. Small basal spots on costa before and behind 

 SC ; a dentate, inwardly-oblique subbasal band from costa at about 

 one-fourth, ending near base of fold, distally angled behind costa 

 and broadly interrupted on M; small spots on M and at fold, and 

 a larger one on SM between subbasal band and antemedial line ; 



