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NEW GEOMETRIDAE FROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA 

 AND MEFOR ISLAND. 



By LOUIS B. PBOUT, F.E.S. 



(Plates XXIII and XXIV.) 



The Geometridae described in this Paper were all collected 

 for Mr. Joicey by Messrs. C, F. and J. Pratt. 



Subfamily Oenochrominae. 

 1. Palaeodoxa subignea Warr. ? (pi. XXIII, fig. 1). 

 55 mm. 



Considerably larger than in 3 . Antenna bipectinate, but with 

 the branches much shorter than in the 3 , those of the shorter (inner) 

 series only about 1 ; as in the 3 , each branch is surmounted by a 

 pair of shortish slender bristles. Abdomen very robust, pale-coloured. 



Fore wing with apex slightly more produced than in the 3 ; 

 colours less vivid, more recalling the tone of Pareplsparis crenulata or 

 Circopetes obtusata ; antemedian line slightly angled outward on fold ; 

 cell- mark expanded into a large, irregular, vitreous spot, its anterior 

 part small and angled outward at B 2 , its posterior larger and more 

 rounded ; distal area less variegated than in the 3 , the only conspicuous 

 spot being between the medians. Hind wing with the tooth at B 3 less 

 produced than in the 3 ', coloration less vivid ; a rather large blackish 

 cell-dot. 



Underside similarly less bright than in the 3 , the median area of 

 the fore wing, with part of the costal, almost as white as the hind- 

 marginal ; hind wing with a rather large black cell- spot. 



Mount Kunupi, Menoo Valley, Weyland Mountains, December, 1920, 

 to January, 1921. 



In spite of the great superficial dissimilarity, I do not think there 

 need be any hesitation in referring this interesting specimen here, 



