Some apparently iieio Noctuidae from Sumatra, etc. 445 



the strongly serrate antenna (almost simple in kenricki) ; in the ? by 

 the tone of colour (the 2 of kenricki agreeing with the $ ). 



19. Belciana habroscia sp. nov. (pi. XV, fig. 3). 

 2 , 42 mm. 



Third segment of palpus very fine and longer than in either of the 

 preceding species (almost as long as segment 2). 



Head, thorax, abdomen and legs nearly as in B. particolor, tegulae 

 pale bluish-green at tips and with some blackish scales at base, not 

 uniformly orange-brown. 



Fore wing very pale blue, shaded with pale green except costal 

 area to the subapical triangular black mark. Basal markings and 

 orbicular much as in kenricki, but the subbasal band distally as well 

 as proximally thickened to form an angle behind M ; only three instead 

 of four lines beyond the subbasal, but the white subterminal shade 

 is distally edged by some black, arrow-like marks between the veins, 

 the one in fold extra large, replacing the dagger-like mark of kenricki ; 

 reniform black mark very narrow, the upper half erect, the lower 

 outwardly oblique (forming a strong angle). 



Hind wing yellowish-white, with slight dark terminal shade, not 

 quite reaching to termen ; dark terminal lunules moderately strong. 



Underside somewhat as in particolor, but hind wing rather paler, 

 with the dark markings scarcely reaching to middle of wing. 



Dutch New Guinea : Nomnagihe, 25 miles south of Wangaar, 

 2,000 feet, January-February, 1921, ? holotype only. 



The most delicately-coloured Belciana species yet known to me. 



20. Belciana sophronia sp. nov. (pi. XV, fig. 5). 

 $ , 41 — 44 mm. 



Vertex of head, thorax and fore wing dull bluish-green, shaded in 

 parts with yellowish-green, tegulae black at base, patagia banded with 

 black at base and tips ; palpus and face yellowish-white shaded with 

 dark brown ; abdomen above dull ochraceous irrorated with brown, the 

 type with a green crest on first segment, followed by a row of very 

 small blackish tufts (or crests, as in Donda) ; pectus, legs and abdomen 

 beneath dull-ochraceous, shaded with brown, the fore and mid-tibia 

 with patches of pale-green . 



Fore wing marked somewhat as in biformis Walk., but without the 



