192 NOCTUIDJE. 



*6434. Lophoptera meeci. (Plate GLXXIX. fig. 7.) 



Siktoptera viceki, Beth.-Bakep, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 235 (1908). 



S . Head and tegultie chocolate-red with a fulvou3 dorsal stripe ; 

 thorax fulvous ; pectus and legs greyish tinged with brown, the 

 fore legs chocolate-brown, the tarsi blackish ; abdomen greyish 

 fuscous, the base with some fulvous, the ventral surface ochreous 

 white. Pore wing fulvous suffused with chocolate-brown leaving 

 fulvous bands before the ante- and postmedial lines ; two indistinct 

 oblique subbasal lines ; antemediai line inwardly oblique, diffused 

 on outer side, with slight white points before it at median nervurc 

 and subraedian fold ; reniform defined by brown and with sinuous 

 outline, some whitish points on its inner edge ; a sinuous medial 

 line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line inwardly oblique 

 and minutely waved, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved at 

 submedian fold where there is a diffused dark spot beyond it ; sub- 

 terminal line minutely waved, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at 

 middle; a fine reddish terminal line ; cilia grey-brown. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown, the cilia greyish at tips ; the underside grey-brown^ 



Hah. Be. New GtriNKA, Aroa li. {Meeli), type t c? in Coll. 

 Eothschild. Exp. 40 millim. 



*6435. Lophoptera rufa. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 8.) 

 Siidoptera rufa, Beth .-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 225 (1906). 



^ . Head and thorax dark chocolate-red ; tarsi blackish ringed 

 with grey -, abdomen greyish fuscous, ventrally pale grey. Fore 

 wing deep chocolate-red ; indistinct inwardly oblique antemediai 

 and medial lines ; postmedial and subterminal lines inwardly 

 oblique, minutely waved. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish 

 tinge, the cilia grey at tips ; the underside grey -brown. 



Hah. Be. New Guinea, Aroa 11. (MeeJc), type f cJ in Coll. 

 Rothschild. E.ry. 32 millim. 



*6406. Loplioptera buruana. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 9.) 



Stictoptera buruana, Holl. Nov. Zool. vii. p, 665 (1900). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with bronze-green ; 

 legs brown, the tarsi with pale rings ; pectus and ventral surface 

 of abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused with 

 bronze-green, a pale silvery green patch at middle of inner area ; 

 subbasal line represented by two blackish stripe from costa ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, double, minutely waved ; medial line blackish, 

 waved ; reniform irregular, defined hy blackish and with rufous 

 mark in centre ; postmedial line double, blackish, minutely waved, 

 incurved at discal and submedian folds; subterminal line silvery 

 green indented by dark streaks on the veins ending in whitish 

 points;; a terminal series of black strise defined on inner side by 

 !o-rey strife and with whitish points between them on the veiais ; cilia 



