348 



NOCXUID^. 



yellowish white; the underside pale yellow, the terminal area 

 suffused with brown. 



Hah. Be. N. Guinea, Area 11., type f § in Coll. Bethune-Baker. 

 Exp. 50 millim. 



*t)6o7. Gadirtha hades. (Plate CLXXXIIT. fig. 15.) 



Gadirtlia hades, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxvii. p. 36 (1903). 



5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with pale ochreous ; 

 tarsi banded black and pale ochreous ; pectus and abdomen brownish 

 grey. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with fnscous ; the 

 antemedial line somewhat dentote, oblique from costa to submedian 

 fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and with a broad oblique pale 

 band bej-ond it extending on inner margin to subterminal line ; an 

 indistinct discoidal spot ; postmedial line indistinct, oblique from 

 costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 2 and strongly dentate inwards 

 in submedian fold and on vein 1 ; traces of a subterminal line, 

 more distinct and dentate towards costa, where it is crossed by 

 two slight black streaks ; a fine crenulate terminal line. Hind 

 wing ochreous tinged with brown ; a slight discoidal lunule ; an 

 indistinct postmedial line angled outwards below vein 2 ; the 

 terminal area fnscous with ochreous patch on termen below middle ; 

 cilia ochreous with series of brownish spots. Underside ochreous 

 with discoidal lunules, the postmedial line distinct and somewhat 

 maculate on hind wing ; a broad fuscous band beyond it and a 

 terminal series of points. 



Hah. Q,UEENSI.A^^D, Mackay, type f $ in Coll. Lower, Exp. 38 

 millim. 



B. Fore wing with the costa slightly truncate towards apex, tlie termen 

 excurved at middle and oblique towards toruus. 



a. Fore wing olive-green. 



a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line double cuprescens. 



h\ Fore wing wifii the postmedial line single elongata. 



b, Fure wing not gi-een 2^c^iochroa. 



6658. Gadirtha cuprescens, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; tegulse 

 green at base, red-brown at tips ; patagia green mixed with red- 

 brown, the metathoracic crest tipped with dark brown ; abdomen 

 giey suffused with brown, the crests dark at tips ; palpi black at 

 sides towards base and white in front ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid tibise greenish, the 

 tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing olive-green largely 

 suffused with cupreous red-brown, the apical area with some 

 red-brown suffusion ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, 

 waved; a small tuft of black scales in middle of cell and large 

 discoidal annulus defined by red-broAvn and with small tuft of 

 scales in centre ; medial line indistinct, brown, waved, excurved 



