424 



ABCTIADjE. 



with black, broadly on inner area and at apex ; a subbasal orange 

 patch on inner area and usually a smaller patch near tornus. Hind 

 "wing black, the costal area semihyaline. 



Ab. 1. papua. Fore wing with the orange patches extending to 

 near middle of wing. 



Fig. ?,2)Q. — Zyg(Bnosia flavibasis, S . 



Hob. K£ I. {Wallace), type t $ in Mus. Oxon. 

 1 c? ; N. Guinea. Exp. 24 millim. 



DoREY (DuJierty), 



*895 a. Zygaenosia fuscimarginalis. (Plate XXXV. fig. 9.) 

 Zygmnopsis fuscimarginalis, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 61 (1892). 



$ . Fuscous black. Fore wing with rounded medial hyaline patch 

 extending from vein 12 to 1. Hind wing with hyaline patch ex- 

 tending from base to just beyond the cell, its lower edge rounded 

 and extending to submedian fold. 



Hah. DoEEY ( Wallace), 1 $ type t in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 26 millim. 



Genus TEICHOLEPIS. 



Tricholepis, Hmpsn. 111. Het. viii. p. 44 (1891) 



Type. 

 erubescens. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond frons : tibite 

 ■with the spurs minute ; hind tibise witli the medial spurs absent. Fore wing 

 long and narrow ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from weJl before 

 angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12 or connected with it by a bar. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from before angle; 5 from above angle ; 

 6 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from close to angle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches, of female with short 

 branches. 



896. Tricholepis xanthomelas, n. sp. 



Head orange, the antennae and vertex black ; thorax black, the 

 patagia orange ; abdomen black ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface 



of abdomen orange. Fore 

 wing black-brown, with 

 large orange patch on inner 

 area extending to beyond 

 middle and leaving the 

 costal and terminal areas 

 broadly black. Hind wing 

 orange, with rather broad 

 terminal black band, its 

 inner edge slightly angled 

 at middle. 

 Hah. Tenimber {Doherty), 1 d" , 1 $ type. Exp., ^ 18, $ 22 millim. 



Fig. 337. 

 Tricholepis xanthomelas, J • 



