28 NOVITATES ZOOLOGIOAE XXIII. 1916. 



markings, consisting of: a small mark close to base; a bar at about one-sixth, 

 oblique outwards from costa, acutely angled in cell, then oblique inwards, with a 

 triangular distal expansion in posterior half; a pair of streaks from costa at one- 

 third, the distal the stronger and thicker ; opposite to these a large triangular patch 

 at or near hindmargin, the apex of the triangle pointing basewards ; a bar across 

 middle of wing, moderately straight and thick except at hindmargin, where it 

 narrows and forms a proximad angle or strong curve ; a thick, sinuous postmedian 

 line, nearly meeting the preceding behind M 2 , triangularly thickened outwards 

 before SM 2 , ending on hindmargin similarly to the preceding ; an ill-defined costal 

 half-band, with strong distal projections, placed just beyond the postmedian ; a 

 series of dark spots distally to the pale outer band (which is rather more sinuous 

 and more strongly bent behind R 3 than in rubripicta), those before SO 5 , behind 

 R 1 and in submedian area the largest and strongest ; a subapical spot and some 

 smaller lunules distally to the submarginal line, which is rather near terrnen and 

 is itself broken into threadlike pale lunules ; in addition there is a much larger 

 cell-spot than in rubripicta, and a small, obliquely-placed blackish spot proximally 

 to the median line, the two with whitish circumscription and somewhat recalling 



the reniform and orbicular spots of the Noctuidae. Hindwing parple-red, paler 



distally. 



Underside largely bright red, especially the costa and postmedian area of the 

 forewing and nearly the whole hindwing ; distal border of forewing pale grey, of 

 hindwing more vaguely shaded with darker grey. 



Mount Goliath, Central Dutch New Guinea, about 139° E. longitude, 5000- 

 7000 ft., January— February 191 1 (A. S. Meek). Type and others in coll. Tring Mus. 

 Also from the Angabunga River, British New Guinea, 2 ? ? mistaken by Warren 

 for the ? of rubripicta. It seems to agree in structure, except that the c? hind- 

 tarsus is slightly longer. 



64. Phthonoloba praeeminens sp. nov. 



c? ? , 57-59 mm. Head dirty pale green. First joint of palpus and a small 

 patch on upper part of side of second joint at its base blackish fuscous, the rest pale 

 green. Thorax above green, with black spots, one in front and one beside it on 

 tegula slightly raised or roughened, a pair in middle rather large or confluent, a 

 pair posteriorly narrower. Abdomen extremely long (in <$ 17 or 18 mm., in ? 15 

 or 16), first segment dorsally yellow, second with a narrow mediodorsal stripe and 

 narrow posterior belt yellowish (forming together an inverted T), otherwise fuscous, 

 third and fourth segments fuscous, narrowly pale posteriorly, the succeeding 

 segments with j>rogressively decreasing pairs of fuscous spots on their anterior 

 part. 



Wings (especially the hindwing) narrower than in typical Phthonoloba, glossy. 



Foreiving pale green, shaded with somewhat darker green ; the markings 



consisting of fine whitish, yellow-mixed lines and velvety-blackish rows of spots or 

 bands ; first white line close to base, not reaching costa, accompanied distally by a 

 small blackish patch from costa to SM 2 ; second at 3 mm., from a small black 

 costal spot, curving inwards at SM 2 , very finely dark-edged distally; third at 

 5 mm., slightly sinuous, rather oblique outwards at hindmargin, followed by dark 

 spots in anterior half and one at hindmargin ; fourth at 8 mm., more sinuous, 

 mostly accompanied (except in posterior half proximally) by dark spots or broken 

 line; fifth at 11 mm., bent in same direction as fourth, but less strongly, a clear 



