14-4 NOCTtriD.E. 



mixed with brown and grey, the veiitnil surface ^rcy irroratcd with 

 fuscous. Fore wing rufous suffused with greenish grey; subbasal 

 line double, the inner line indistinct, rufous, curved, from eosta to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the outer line indistinct, 

 irregularly waved ; orbicular represented by a grey point defined 

 by black ; a sinuous rufous medial line, oblique from costa to sub- 

 median fold, then inwardly oblique; reniForm well developed, witli 

 rather irregular brown outline ; postmedial line double, dentate, 

 excurved from eosta to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line in- 

 distinct, pale, irregularly waved, defined by rufous on inner side, 

 below vein 4 incurved and with broad rufous band before it 

 extending to postmedial line ; a terminal series of brown lunules ; 

 a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing deep black-brown with 

 a slight blue gloss ; the underside with the inner area rather paler, 

 traces of a curved medial line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with chocolate-brown suffusion on inner half 

 of medial area. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with chocolate-brown suffusion above sub- 

 median fold met just beyond postmedial line by chocolate-brown 

 suffusion from apex. 



Ab. 3. Fore wing with black suffusion on antemedial area and on 

 terminal area except towards apex. 



Ab. 4. Fore wing suffused with fuscous black leaving oblique 

 pale shades at base and from middle of eosta and the terminal area 

 pale exce])t towards apex. 



Hah. DcjTcn New Guinea, Kapaur (Doha-lij), 1 $ type, Fak-fak 

 (Pratt), 1 d ; Br. jS". Gcjinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 5 ^,5 $. E.q). 

 48-54 millim, 



6370. Odontodes aleuca. 



Vdontodts aleuca, GrUen. ]Sroet. iii. p. 51 (1852); Hnipsn. Moths Incl. ii. 



p. 400. 

 Briarda bolinoides, Wlk. xv. 1802 (1858). 

 Steiria suhfasciata, Wlb. xxxiii. 922 (ISBfi). 

 Sieiria quadristrigata, Wlk. xxxiii. 923 (1865). 



l(edfomaferrughea^ "Wlk. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soe. Glasg. i. p. 353 (18G9). 

 Burdria edemoides, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 50 (1869). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; 

 palpi in front, pectus, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irro- 

 rated with brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing 

 red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; subbasal line red-brown, 

 curved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, irregularly 

 waved and somewhat excurved ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 brown, the former small, round, touching the antemedial line, the 

 latter large ; medial line excurved and sinuous, double below the 

 cell, the lines widely separated ; postmedial line double, strongly- 

 bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; 

 subterminal line greyish defined on inner side by slight dentate 

 red-brown marks, waved, excurved at middle, the area beyond it 

 with slight dark streaks on the veins and in the interspaces ; a 



