BEAKA. — GELASTOCEKA. 583 



discocellulars with some dark siiflPasion between them ; postmedial 

 liue slight, double, dark filled in with pinkish, angled outwards 

 below costa, incurved to vein 4, then somewhat oblique and 

 minutely waved ; a fine pale subtcrminal line, angled inwards at 



Fig. 228. — Beara papuana, (S . |. 



discal fold, then excurved and minutely waved ; a fine black terminal 

 line and white line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins 

 brown, the apical area suffused with brown ; the underside with 

 the costal area tinged with brown. 



Hub. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 c? type. Ex^). 

 20 millim. 



Genus GELASTOCERA. 



Type. 

 Gdastocera, Butl. A.M.N. H. (4) xx. p. 476 (1877) exusta. 



Pi-oboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reacbing to about 

 vertex of head, moderately scaled and slightly fringed witli hair behind at 

 extremity, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smootli, with tuft of hair above- 

 eyes large, round; antennas of male bipeotiuate with long branches to two- 

 thirds length, the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed with liair and scales 

 mixed and without crests; tibias slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with 

 slight basal crest only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and 

 acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near 

 angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 rather long areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked • 

 5 fully developed from just above angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with 



fuscous ; hind wing wholly suffused with brown exusta. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial area not suffused with 



fuscous ; hind wing yellowish white. 



a. For3 wing deep purplish chestnut casfanea. 



h. Fore wing ochreous suS'used with purplish crimson ... ochroleucana, 



6992. Gelastocera exusta. 



Gelastocera exusta, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx. p. 476 (1877) ; id. 111. Het. 



B.M. ii. p. 13, pi. 24. f. 2; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 613. 

 Microleon rubimmdula, Wileman, Trans. Eut. Soc. lyll, p. 349, pl.xxx. f. 14. 



Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi at base, pectus and legs 

 whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi banded with brown ; abdomen 

 grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown 

 with a slight ochreous tinge, the terminal half tinged with purple 



