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antemedial line from about one-third costa to two-fifths hindmargin, 

 waved, proximally angled at costa and on SM and curved in cell, 

 distally angled behind costa and curved behind M ; orbicular a round 

 black spot ; an irregular medial band from middle of costa to middle 

 of hindmargin, interrupted at SC, excurved round orbicular, much 

 broadened on the veins behind M and at fold ; reniform only defined 

 by the curve of the medial line and a slight curved line on its distal 

 edge ; postmedial line from costa close to medial line to about three- 

 fifths hindmargin, distally dentate on the veins, strongly excurved 

 from behind costa to M 2 , the radials and M 1 blackened between post- 

 medial line and reniform ; two somewhat interrupted black lines 

 between the postmedial line and the termen, both slightly excurved, 

 the first thickened at costa, the second broadest about R 2 ; the veins 

 blackened at termen ; a black terminal line ; fringe chequered black 

 and white. 



Hind wing yellow at base and along abdominal margin to tornus, 

 broadly blackish on costal and terminal areas, a slight, pale, curved 

 postmedial line interrupting the dark area ; veins towards termen 

 and terminal line deeper black ; fringe as on fore wing. 



Underside of both wings smoky-brown, very glossy, whiter towards 

 base, with a pure white postmedial band, slightly excurved, preceded 

 on each wing by a white medial spot on costa ; fore wing with three 

 minute white spots on costa towards apex ; fringes chequered as 

 above ; some yellow hair at base of both wings, in cell of fore wing 

 and along abdominal margin of hind wing. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to November, 1919, one 2 . 



This species extends the known range of the genus Dipthera, which 

 does not seem to have been previously recorded from further east than 

 India and Ceylon. 



PLUSIANAE. 

 45. Plusia latistigma sp. nov. 



$ , 37 mm. 



Head, thorax and palpus rufous-brown with some whitish irrora- 

 tion, tegulae and patagia tipped with whitish and banded with darker 

 brown ; abdomen above and beneath ochreous-brown, the dorsal crest 

 on first segment dark-brown and very large ; pectus brown ; legs 

 whitish-brown. 



