244 Borne apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae 



of base and along proximal two-thirds of costa; six rather indistinct 

 waved lines (the ordinary five and a second subterminal) ; the ante- 

 medial nearly erect, from about one-third costa to nearly two-fifths 

 hindmargin ; the postmedial bent outward from costa at. about three- 

 fifths to SC 5 , very slightly excurved to three-fifths hindmargin ; the 

 other lines more or less equidistant, the subbasal and medial nearly 

 erect, the two subterminals excurved ; reniform rectangular, erect, 

 closely filled in with dark-brown irroration ; a slight dark patch 

 between the two subterminal lines from about SC 5 to R 3 ; fringe 

 almost unicolorous with wing, with a slight pale line at base. 



Hind wing much flattened from M 1 to anal angle, ochreous-grey 

 with a broad dark discal spot and a diffused dark terminal band, 

 narrowing to anal angle ; fringe ochreous. 



Underside of both wings whitish with a large round black discal 

 spot, a slight waved postmedial line and diffused subterminal shade 

 (the two latter markings more distinct on hind wing than on fore 

 wing). 



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



Belongs to the same section of genus as subsignans Wlkr., but 

 the type of that species (from Canara) and a $ from Ceylon have 

 the body of normal length and the hind wing not flattened. One $ 

 from St. Aignan in coll. Brit. Mus. (erroneously placed under sub- 

 signans Wlkr.) may probably belong to a small race of longicorpus. 



HYPENINAE. 



64. Catada alboapicalis Beth.-Bak. minuens sp. nov. 

 $ 2 , 36—38 mm. 



Differs from typical alboapicalis in the reduced white apical patch 

 (which in the type-form extends along almost the whole distal third 

 of costa and almost half way down the distal margin, but in C. Ceram 

 specimens occupies little more than one-quarter of costa and scarcely 

 two-fifths of distal margin), in the more bent antemedial line (almost 

 evenly excurved in the New Guinea form, bent inward in cell and 

 outward to hindmargin in Ceram specimens), and, on the hind 

 wing, in the ochreous patches being rather larger and paler and 

 the silvery marginal line a little more pronounced and, especially, 

 in the more strongly angled postmedial line in Ceram specimens. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, one $ , five 2 2 . 



