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NEW FORMS OF ZYGAENIDAE FROM SUMATRA, 

 CERAM, AND NEW GUINEA. 



By J. J. JOICEY and G. TALBOT. 

 The Specimens were collected by Messrs. C, F., and J. Pratt. 



1. Aglaope hemileuca Eoths. ceramensis subsp. nov. and ab. fumosa nov. 



It is interesting to note that the first of this genus to be discovered 

 in Ceram should be a New Guinea species. 



$ ? . Fore wing with the indistinct dark subbasal band placed 

 more proximal than in the type form. Vein 7 is given off much nearer 

 the angle of the cell in every specimen, whilst the position of this vein 

 in a series from New Guinea is likewise stable. 



Ab. fumosa. Both wings smoky-black, the subbasal line of fore wing 

 distinct. Vein 6 of fore wing arises from angle of cell. One $ , 

 3,000 feet, December. 



Central Ceram : Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to November, 

 6 S $ , 1 2 ; 4,600 feet, January, 1 <? ; 3,000 feet, January to 

 February, 1 ? . 



2. Psaphis rothschildi sp. nov. 



Distinct from any known form. Perhaps allied to euschemoides 

 Moore, but differing in the smaller discal spots, the differently placed 

 lower white distal spots, and in the small discal spots of the hind wing. 



S ? . Upperside with black ground colour. Fore wing with pale 

 yellow basal spots. Three small coral red discal spots, one in the cell 

 below middle, one more distal below the cell, the other below it in lb, 

 and directed distad. A small white discoidal mark. A subapical series 

 of five large white spots placed close together in 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9, the 

 one in 5 larger than the others, the lower two more distal. Three 

 small white subterminal spots in 2 to lb, the first the smaller, the 

 second directed distad, the lower nearer the margin. Ground-colour 

 irrorated with deep purple-brown, especially over the basal fourth and 

 along the veins. Veins striped with dark-green. Hind wing with 



