236 NociuiD.t;. 



palpi with black spot at base of 2nd joint ; antennoe black ; tegulae 

 witii some black scales near tips ; patagia with two black points 

 near tips ; fore and mid tibiae and the tarsi with some brown ; 

 abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown, the basal crest white 

 tipped with black. Eore wing silvery white slightly suffused and 

 irrorated in parts w ith brown ; short black streaks near base in 

 and below cell; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa, 

 excurved at median nervure and ending at vein 1, an oblique black 

 streak beyond it above inner margin ; antemedial line black, 

 excurved at subcostal and median nervures and angled inwards in 

 submedian fold, oblique black streaks from its curves at subcostal 

 and median nervures to postraedial line and a short streak on 

 vein 1 ; postmedial line black, oblique towards costa and slightly 

 angled outwards below costa, angled inwards and forming a short 

 streak at discal fold, then excurved, angled inwards at vein 2 and 

 submedian fold and again excurved above inner margin, a black 

 patch with wbite point on it beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 black, slightly angled iuAvards below costa and at discal and 

 submedian folds and excurved between those points; a terminal 

 series of small wedge-shaped black marks with slight blackisli 

 streaks before them towards apex ; cilia che(piered white and 

 blackish. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous especially on 

 terminal half from apex to vein 2. 



Hah. Bii. N. Guinea, Aroa 11. {Meelc), type t $ in Coll. 

 llothschild. Exji. 26 raillim. 



6496. Characoma phaeoleuca, n. sp. (Piute CLXXX. fig. 15.) 



S . Head and thorax white mixed with some brown ; abdomen 

 grey-white, the basal crest with some brown mixed, the ventral 

 surface white. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with fuscous 

 brown and ochreous, especially on inner area ; a sinuous blackish 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 blackish defined on inner side by white, oblique, waved ; a minute 

 black streak in end of cell ; postmedial line black defined on outer 

 side by white, oblique and waved from costa to vein 6, angled 

 inwards at discal fold, then excurved at median nervules and vein 

 1, a patch of fuscous suffusion beyond it on costa; subterminal 

 line blackish, interrupted, defined on inner side by minute dentate 

 black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; some brownish 

 suffusion before termen except towards apex; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wang white tinged with brown, the terminal 

 half suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia white tinged with brown. 



Hah. Ceylon, Maskeliya {Green). 1 ^ type. E.vj). 2^ millim. 



6497. Characoma ruficirra. 



Hij2)oihrlpa ruficirra, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 540 (1905). 



Head, tliorax, and abdomen grey, the two former with brown 

 slightly mixed. Fore wing grey ; a reddish brown antemedial shade 



