1G8 U0CTTJ1B,7E. 



tegulaj with ochrcous and rufous dorsal patch edged with black, the 

 pafcagia with some rufous on upper edge ; pectus and abdomen grey 

 mixed with fuscous, the tibia3 and tarsi banded with black ; the 

 ventral surface of abdomen white except at extremity. Fore wing 

 very thickly striated with black and brown, the basal half suffused 

 with, purplish brown except at costa ; subbasal line indistinct, 

 sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; an indistinct double curved and 

 waved antemedial line ; the clavifoi'm represented by a tuft of 

 rufous scales at extremity; orbicular defined by black on outer side 

 and with tuft of rufous scales in centre; medial line blackish, 

 almost evenly curved ; reiiiform defined by black, rather triangular, 

 with oblique black striga with white spot before it in centre ; 

 postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique; subterrainal line Avhitish, with slight black streak 

 before and beyond it below costa and small orange spots before it 

 at discal and submedian folds, slightly excurved below vein 7 and 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing hyaline, 

 (he veins, costal and terminal areas, and the inner margin fuscous 

 brown; cilia with fine white line at base and white tips; the 

 underside with slight discoidal lunule and medial striga from costa. 



5 . Fore wing paler without the dark suffusion on basal half, 

 the tuft of scales on claviform and orbicular and the spots before 

 subterminal line bright orange. 



Hah. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea {Pratt), 1 c? , Binawa {Pratt), 

 1 c? , 1 ? , Owgarra {Meelc), 1 § . Ex_p. 38-42 millim. 



6398. Stictoptera stygia, n. sp. (Plate CLXXYIII. fig. 10.) 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black with a pale grey 

 band behind the tegulse ; palpi whitish in front, the 3rd joint 

 whitish with a dark ring near extremity ; antennae with the tuft of 

 scales on basal joint whitish at tip ; pectus and legs whitish tinged 

 with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish; ventral 

 surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing fuscous black, the costal 

 edge brownish white, the terminal half of costal area with some 

 whitish irroration, a grey patch at apex, the terminal area 

 brownish grey below vein 4 ; subbasal line represented by a curved 

 black striga from costa ; antemedial line hardly traceable, waved ; 

 claviform represented by an oblique black striga at extremity on 

 a brownish grey patch below end of cell ; orbicular represented by 

 a tuft of raised white scales, the reniform slightly defined by black and 

 with tuft of raised white scales on its inner edge ; medial line 

 indistinct, black, somewhat oblique to submedian fold, then sinuous ; 

 postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, incurved 

 below vein 4 and slightly excurved at veia 1 ; subterminal line 

 white with slight black streaks before and beyond it below costa ; 

 then defined on inner side by brown spots, minute!}^ waved and 

 somewhat excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black 

 spots ; cilia fuscous intersected with brownish. Hind wing fuscous 



