Some apparently new Noctuidae from Sumatra, etc. 441 



Size somewhat larger than in champa. 



Fore wing in leucotaenia with the lines slighter (more broken) on 

 proximal third ; the orbicular ring rather smaller ; the medial and inner 

 postmedial lines not angled inward at costa but excurved, continuous, 

 though thickened at costa ; white band between the two postmedials 

 broader, the inner postmedial being rather less sinuous, with the teeth 

 short and broad ; the teeth of ouW postmedial scarcely joined into a 

 connected line ; black markings on veins at termen and on fringe 

 usually a little heavier than in champa. 



Hind wing of male darkened almost as in the female of champa. 



Fore wing beneath with the hair in cell almost white (not yellow 

 as in champa), and with tivo diffused postmedial lines on anterior two- 

 thirds of wing. Hind wing with the terminal dark band extending to 

 M 1 , the veins at termen darkened to M 2 ; medial and postmedial costal 

 spots much thickened, the latter continued as a rather broad diffused 

 line as far as posterior angle of cell. 

 $ , 63 mm. 



Differs from the female of champa much as the male differs from the 

 male. Hind wing above with the dark border continued to termen ; the 

 band equally broad beneath but hardly continued beyond M 2 . 



Central West Buru : Gamoe Mrapat, 5,000 feet, March-April, 

 1922, three $ $ , one ? . 



Possibly a subspecies of D. champa. It is just possible that D. nigri- 

 catena A. E. Prout (Bull. Hill Mus., i, p. 228 [1922] [Central Ceram]) 

 is also a race of champa, but this latter form appears quite distinct. 



OPHIDEKINAE. 



16. Sypna lucilloides sp. nov. (pi. XV, fig. 8). 



$ , 58 mm. 



Antenna with moderately long pectinations reaching to near apex, 

 the apex simple. Palpus exceptionally long, about four times diameter 

 of eye, with segment 3 as long as segment 2 and rather strongly dilated 

 at extremity. 



Palpus, head, thorax and abdomen above dark-brown with some 

 paler reddish-brown scales intermixed ; inner side of palpus pale 

 ochraceous ; pectus and legs reddish tinged with yellowish-white, the 

 legs banded with black-brown ; abdomen beneath greyish-brown, the 

 three anal segments darker. 



