298 New Geometridae from Central Ceram 



wing, the postmedian more macular, the two series beyond more 

 rounded. 



Underside with cellspots and dark borders, recalling that of boopis. 



Central Ceram, 4,600 feet, January, 1920, type and paratype $ , 

 allotype and paratype ? ; Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 

 1919, three 2 ? . 



31. HypocKrosis agalma sp. nov. 

 $ . 34 — 37 mm. ; ? 42 mm. 



Face olivaceous, in lower half overlaid with red-ochre, in upper half 

 with black. Palpus orange, distally red on outer side. Vertex 

 blackish. Body orange, overlaid dorsally (except at anal end) with 

 blackish. 



Fore wing rather less acute than in festivaria Fabr. ; ochreous, 

 tinged (particularly along SC) with orange, and rather strongly, 

 but irregularly, strigulated with dark grey ; strigulation heavy and 

 black-mixed in costal region (except at apex) ; markings very dark 

 green, almost black ; proximal patch slightly variable, at hindmargin 

 occupying approximately the second quarter, in its distal half 

 suggesting a neck, its anterior half broadening distally, forming a rough 

 figure of a head, with flattened crown (behind SC) and more or less 

 projecting nose and chin (between bases of medians) ; distal patch 

 irregularly oval, oblique, placed between SC 5 and E 3 ; a pale shade 

 distally to the " neck," a slaty-grey cloud distally to the " nose and 

 chin" ; fringe orange, from apex to behind SC 5 blackish. Hind wing 

 broadly orange costally, narrowly orange at abdominal margin ; the 

 rest concolorous with fore wing, with a black-green posterior patch, 

 large, but less so than in festivaria. 



Underside bright orange, slightly reddish. Fore wing with costal 

 edge yellow, with a few blackish dots ; an irregular black-grey shade 

 embracing the anterior part of proximal patch (in cell), the distal patch 

 and the dark grey cloud ; fringe as above. Hind wing unmarked. 



Central Ceram : Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, 

 3 $ $ , 1 ? . 



Walker's imbutaria, of which I only know the original 3 ? ? 

 (Mysol and Aru), is slightly smaller than the S of agalma, face 

 unicolorous ochreous, wings more fawn, with the markings much 

 weaker, differently shaped ; nundata Feld. (perhaps from Celebes only, 

 though Felder's type is registered from " Moluccas "), is longer-winged, 



