416 XOCTTJIDiE, 



terminal half of costa and terminal ai'ea ; hind wing with the 

 terminal area irrorated M'ith black from apex to vein 2. 



Ab. 1. jFore wing with black spots in upper and lower parts of 

 reniform. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 cJ ; N. Queens- 

 xajstd, type t 2 i'^ Coll. Lucas; N. Australia, Port Albany, 1 cJ . 

 Exp. 106 millim. 



7o27. Lagoptera miniacea. 



Lagoptera miniacea, Felcl. Reis. Nov. pi. 116. f. 8 (1874). 



(5. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi scarlet, the 3rd joint 

 blackish ; frons with white line above ; antennae with the shaft 

 white above ; pectus and legs scarlet, the fore and mid tibiae and 

 the tarsi blackish ; abdomen orange-scarlet. Fore wing rufous 

 tinged with olive-ochreous and slightly irrorated with black ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, rufous with some white scales on it, 

 oblique, sinuous ; reniform defined by slight white marks, con- 

 stricted at middle ; postmedial line slight!}^ incurved, with rufous 

 suffusion beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, blackish with some 

 white scales on it, sinuous and oblique from apex to vein 6, then 

 incurved, a blackish mark before it at vein 6. Hind wing orange- 

 scarlet with a maculate black postmedial band from vein 6 to 1 

 formed by a patch at discal fold and diffused streaks and scales on 

 the veins ; the termen rufous irrorated with whitish at veins 4 to 

 2. Underside of both wings yellow tinged with scarlet. 



$ . Fore wing irrorated with greenish white, the ante- and 

 postmedial lines with greenish white on them, the latter not 

 incurved, the subterminal line without blnck mark on it. 



Hab. Solomon Is. {Brenchley), 1 J ; Fiji (Mathew), 1 $ . Ea-j). 

 88-92 millim. 



Sect. II. {Artena). Hind wing of rcale without fringe of hair on rein 1 on 

 underside ; tegulse with tufts of large scales on inner side at tips. 



A. Fore wing witli the postmedial line excurved beyond the 



cell, tlien incurved suhmira. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa, 



then oblique and meeting the antemedial line above 



inner margin ruhida. 



C Fore wing with the postinedial line excurved below costa, 

 then oblique and slightly sinuous to inner margin towards 

 tornus dotata. 



D. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and straight 



from middle of costa to subterminal line at tornus inversa. 



E. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly excurved below 



costa, then oblique and straight to inner margin towards 



tornus lacteicincta . 



F. Fore wing with the postmedial linen oblique and almost 



straight from costa beyond middle to inner margin 



toward tornus occidens. 



G. Fore wing with the postmedial line erect and straight 



throughout certior. 



