STICTOPTERA. 1 G3 



6390. Stictoptera bisexualis, n. sp. (Plate CLXX71II. fig. 2.) 



c? . Head and tegulse deep cliocolate-brown ; thorax red-brown 

 tinged with gre\% the patagia with a few black scales ; tarsi fuscous 

 with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown with dorsal black spot on 

 2ad segment and bar on 3rd, the anal tuft yellowish at extremity. 

 Fore wing whitish mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; 

 subbasal line double, angled outwards below costa and ending at 

 vein 1 ; blackish points before it at median nervure and vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line double, waved, with black points on it at vein 1 ; 

 claviform defined by black at extremity ; orbicular and reniform 

 with red-brown centres and whitish annuli defined by brown, the 

 former elongate elliptical ; medial line brown, almost straight, 

 slightly incurved at subcostal nervure and angled outwards at 

 submedian fold; postmedial line double, bent outwards below 

 costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some purplish fuscous 

 beyond it followed by a pale line ; subterminal line wliitish, with a 

 slight dark streak before and beyond it below costa, dentate marks 

 above and below submedian fold and a pale band before it between 

 vein 4 and submedian fold, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 

 excurved at middle, then incuiwed ; a terminal scries of chocolate- 

 brown lunules ; cilia with pale points at the veins. Hind wing 

 hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin fuscous brown ; 

 cilia whitish with a brown line through them. 



Ab. 1. Vertex of head and base of tegulae ochreous white: fore 

 wing red-brown sufi^used with plum-colour, an ochreous and pale 

 olive patch on antemedial area from below costa to vein 1. 



2 . Head and tegulse rufous ; thorax and abdomen white slightly 

 mixed with brown and with dorsal series of black points ; fore 

 wing white irrorated with red-brown and with whiter patch on 

 terminal area below middle. 



Ab. 2, Fore wing with large reddish buff patch on medial area 

 extending to base on inner area. 



Bab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 c? type, Mt. Kebea 

 (Pratt), 1 c? , 2 $ . Exjj. 48 millim! 



6391. Stictoptera variegata, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 3.) 



J . Palpi white in front, black behind ; frons black and white ; 

 vertex of head and thorax ochreous white tinged wilh rufous, some 

 black scales on upper edge of patagia ; abdomen white dorsally 

 tinged with brown, veutrally with rufous. Fore wing white 

 iirorated with black; a pale rufous patch on basal costal area, the 

 inner margin pale rufous on basal half, expanding into a patch to 

 submedian fold beyond the antemedial line, which is double, black 

 filled in with white, sinuous, obsolete on inner area ; orbicular and 

 reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former with black 

 centre, rather elongate elliptical, the latter with pale rufous centre ; 

 medial line very indistinct, oblique to subcostal nervure, then erect 



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