234 Some apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae 



with a rather large diffused blackish spot on subterminal line at fold, 

 with two smaller black spots behind it. Underside much as in inangu- 

 lata, but with the ground colour more uniform in tone (lacking the pale 

 ochreous shades on basal half of hind wing) and with the lines usually 

 rather less distinct, sometimes reduced in number. 



? , 50 — 52 mm. 



Slightly browner in tone than the £ , but entirely wanting the 

 bright ochreous or reddish tone which is often found in the ? of 

 inangulata. Subterminal black spots slightly larger and more con- 

 spicuous than in the $ ; subterminal line with the first two angles 

 behind costa filled in with white. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, nine <? S , three 

 ? ? . 



Distinguished from inangulata Gn., chiefly by the greyer tone of 

 colour and by the slightly narrower fore wing and more angled hind 

 wing of the $ . The difference of shape may be indicated by the 

 following table of measurements : — 



Fore wing 



inangulata 



gonioptila 



Costa, from base to apex 



22 



mm. 



20* mm. 



SM 2 ,, ,, tornus 



16* 



5 ) 



14* „ 



Termen at SM 2 to apex 



12 



J1 



10 J „ 



Hind wing 









Base to termen at SC 5 



16| 



J J 



14* „ 



TJ 3 



)> >> >> j - v 



17 



) > • ' 



16 „ 



„ SM 2 



16 



>> 



13* „ 



A form occurring in New Guinea, which does not appear to have 

 yet received a name, may probably be a race of this species. 



51. Ericeia amplipennis sp. nov. 



$ , 57 mm. 



Head, body and legs pale grey tinged with ochreous ; palpus and 

 tibial hair somewhat darker. Hair on hind tibia of only moderate 

 length ; the first two segments of hind tarsus only (apparently) clothed 

 with shortish hair. 



Wings pale grey tinged with ochreous with slight dark irroration ; 

 markings indistinct, apparently nearly as in inangulata Gn. but with 

 the medial line more excurved round the reniform, which is reddish- 



