6 



NOCTtJIDil',. 



diuk lirowii l.iiiged with greyish, tlio terminal half of coslal area 

 buii'iisecl with pale rufous; some deep rufous on inner area before 

 the antemcdial lino which is double, the inner line slight, whitish, 

 the outer dili'used blackish, oblique from costa to subcostal nervure, 

 wheic it is angled then very oblique ; a black patch beyond lower 

 angle of ceil before the postmedial line, which is double, oblique 

 and ochreous from costa to vein 6, then white, obliquely incurved 

 and ending near tornus, crossed by a dift'uscd black streak at vein 6 

 and slight while streak in discal fold, a curved fiery red mark 

 beyond it below discal fold with a curved black mark below it 

 from postmedial line to angle of termeu ; a velvety black patch at 

 apex dciiued on inner side by greyish ; some white points on costa 



Fig. 3. — Tihiocillaria 2^'<'utti, S > \' 



towards apex ; a slight incurved greyish subterminal line from the 

 curved black streak to tornus. Hind wing white ; a dark discoidal 

 spot; the costal area suffused with brownish grey; the terminal 

 area deep rufous except towards apex, its inner edge irregular, 

 emitting slight streaks on the veins, indented at submedian inter- 

 space and expanding at inner margin ; a white striga from vein 2 

 to termen at vein 1 and another on inner margin before tornus ; 

 a fine black terminal line ; cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the 

 underside with the costal area sufiused with pale rufous, a deep 

 red discoidal spot defined by white, a white postmedial line defined 

 on inner side by black points on the veins of inner half, the 

 terminal area deep red below vein 5 with white bar in submedian 

 interspace with white mark befoi'e it. 



Bah. Er. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea {Pratt), type f J in Coll. 

 Bethune-Baker, Dinawa. Eccp. 38 millim. 



Genus BOMBOTELIA, nov. 



Tj'pe, B.jocosairio:. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about 

 to middle of frons and moderately scaled, tbe ord moderate ; irons smooth, 

 with large pointed tuft of hair ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male (ypieally 

 pectinated on basal half; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the tegulce 

 produced to a dorsal ridge, the thorax with slight ridge-like crest ; tibia; fringed 

 with long hair ; abdomen with ridge of scales at base, slight crests on medial 

 segments and small paired anal tufts. Fore wing with the apex i-ectangular, 

 the termen slightly excurved at vein 6 and angled at vein 3, then oblique to 

 tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; t) from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 8, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle ; 8 anastomosing ^vith the cell near base only. 



