570 



NOCTUIDiE. 



of rufous, the last with the markings much more distinct and darker; 

 hind wing suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Br. New Guinea, Milne Bay (Meelc), 2 $ , Aroa R. {Meel), 

 type t ocJiraceus in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; Louisiades, St. Aignan 

 {MeeJc), 1 c? ; Solomons, Eendova (Meek), 1 c? i Choiseul (Meek), 

 1 d" , Ala ( Woodford), 1 cJ type. Exy. 24 millim. 



(^. Mid and bind tibiae and 1st joint of tarsi moderately 

 fringed with bair above. 

 a\ Fore wing without oblique white subapical streaks. 



a'-. Fore wing wbite suffused witb olive-yellow elesasiis. 



b'-. Fore wing ochreous wbite suffused with rufous ... gidtulal.is. 



c'-. Fore wing red-brown miranda. 



ih Fore wing with oblique wbite subapical streaks. 

 a". Fore wing with two white points on outer edge of 



reniform nejpkrosticta. 



b-. Fore wing with the reniform defined by a white bar 

 on innei- side and white strias on outer. 

 a^. Fore wing with the white bar on inner edge of 

 reniform erect, the veins of medial area not 



streaked with pink strigilinecUa. 



b^. Fore wing with the white bar on inner edge of 

 reniform oblique, the veins of medial area 



with pink vcnata. 



3435. Eriopus elseastis, n. sp. 



c? . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous ; tarsi 

 blackish ; abdomen ochreous white suffused with blackish brown at 

 middle. ,Pore wing white suffused with olive-yellow; the costal 

 edge dark brown at base ; subbasal line represented by brown points on 

 costa and below cell ; medial line rather diffused red-brown, with 

 black striga at costa, oblique to median nervure, inwardly oblique to 

 submedian fold where it meets the oblique black antemedial line 



defined by whitish on inner side from median nervure to inner 

 margin and obsolete on costal area ; orbicular whitish slightly 

 defined by rufous, round ; reniform whitish with slight curved 

 rufous line in centre, defined by rufous on inner side and on outer 

 Ity black, produced to slight streaks below veins 7, 6 and 4, 

 constricted at middle and produced at extremities ; posttnedial line 

 double, slight, red-brown filled in with white, with black striga at 

 costa, anghid. below costa, then bent outwards and almost obsolete, 



