240 Some apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae 



? , 90 mm. 



Coloured nearly as in a rather strongly contrasted ? of iridescens, 

 but with the green subterminal spots and the large green medial patch 

 more as in ancilla, the posterior bordering of antemedial line being 

 decidedly broader than even in ancilla ; the reniform greenish with 

 medial and distal thick black lines. Hind wing as in the $ but with 

 the postmedial black spot much larger (reaching from M 2 to SM 2 ) . 



Underside of both sexes much as in iridescens, except for the 

 narrower black border of hind wing and the rather paler, less bright 

 tone of the yellow shades. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, six $ 3~ , one ? . 



Forms a transition between ancilla Cr. and iridescens Lucas, 

 suggesting that the three forms are all races of one species. 



59. Oxy gonitis sericeoides sp. nov. 

 $ , 50 mm. 



Antenna, palpus, head, thorax, abdomen and legs, much as in 

 sericeata Hmpsn., but head and thorax rather greyer, without the 

 slight ochreous tinge. 



Wings coloured much as in sericeata, but rather more uniformly 

 grey-brown. Fore wing angled at apex and E 2 , but less strongly than 

 in sericeata, and quite without the strong inward curve behind K 2 of 

 that species ; hind wing shaped about as in the ? of sericeata (rather 

 fuller at apex than in sericeata <?). Fore wing with antemedial line 

 and large, indistinct reniform much as in sericeata ; orbicular reduced 

 to a white point ; postmedial line straight from behind SC 5 to hind- 

 margin ; subterminal line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outward to 

 tornus ; fringe as in sericeata. 



Hind wing much as in sericeata, but with the postmedial and 

 subterminal half-lines less distinct. 



Underside of both wings pale ochreous-grey sparsely irrorated with 

 brown, whiter in fold of fore wing and on proximal half of hind wing ; 

 fore wing with slight dark discal streak and postmedial line, and with 

 some indistinct subterminal shading ; fringes of both wings with dark 

 tips. 



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



But for the difference in shape should almost certainly be regarded 

 as a race of sericeata, Hmpsn. 



