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blackish markings. Legs spotted, pale ockreons and fuscous. Abdomen mostly 

 ochreous, palest at base. 



Forewing pale ochreous or somewhat stramineous, in places deeper ochreous, 

 in places sparsely but coarsely dotted with blackish ; markings blackish, very 

 intricate, consisting of rather thick transverse lines and some thicker longitudinal 

 streaks ; first line close to base, posteriorly bending so as to run into first ante- 

 median ; antemedian double, the outer from nearly one-fourth costa, both angled 

 at SO, twice bent outwards, confluent at fold, then divaricating ; median from 

 midcosta, opening out into a loop so as to enclose a round pale spot at middle of 

 discocellnlars, then more slender, sinuous, to two-fifths hindmargin ; postmedian 

 double, only the proximal dentate, both (especially the proximal) incurved in 

 posterior half, the proximal exangled at fold, the two diverging at hindmargin ; 

 a dark streak along and behind R 1 , connecting the outer with snbterminal ; sub- 

 terminal blackish, about 2 mm. from termen, strongly inbent between R 3 and M 1 , 

 touching the postmedian ; distally some pale spots (mostly triangular) are enclosed 

 between R 1 and M 1 and again between M 2 and hindmargin by somewhat Y-shaped 

 marks which run from the terminal line to the subterminal ; terminal line rather 

 thick, waved or somewhat lunulate ; fringe with blackish spots opposite the veins. 



Hindwing without the basal and antemedian lines ; median slightly sinuous, 



before two-fifths ; discal ocellus very incomplete and indefinite ; proximal post- 

 median as on forewing, distal obsolete in anterior half ; a longitudinal streak 

 behind R 3 connecting postmedian with subterminal ; snbterminal and terminal 

 markings nearly as on forewing. 



Underside similarly but less sharply marked. 



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

 7000 ft., January 1911 (A. S. Meek). Type in coll. Tring Mus. 



In structure almost identical with P. ambigua Warr. {Nov. Zool. iii. 301), 

 antenna scarcely so long, hindwing with termen rather less strongly crenulate, 

 most of the hairy clothing of the underside lacking. Superficially recalls Proteo- 

 strenia leda strenioides Butl. Might be a Paralcis, but I am not yet clear how 

 Paradromulia differs fundamentally therefrom. 



Dyscheralcis gen. no v. 



Face with appressed scales. Palpus rather short, second joint shortly rough- 

 scaled, third joint smooth, quite short. Tongue present. Antenna in d simple, 

 only with very minute and sparse cilia. Pectus hairy. Femora nearly glabrous, 

 Hiudtibia in & not dilated, all spurs developed. Forewing not broad, apex round- 

 pointed, termen smooth, gently curved ; fovea wanting ; SC 1-2 coincident, anasto- 

 mosing slightly or connected with SO 3-4 (sometimes also with C), R 2 normal, M l 

 almost connate with R 3 . Hindwing with apex rather rounded, termen almost 

 smooth, rounded, fullest about R 3 , straighter posteriorly ; C closely approximated 

 to SC to less than one-half cell, rapidly diverging, SC 2 from near apex of cell, R 2 

 wanting, M 1 from close to R 3 . 



Type of the genus : Dyscheralcis retrqßexa sp. nov. 



On account of the scaling and pattern, I have no doubt that this genus, 

 notwithstanding its simple structure, belongs to the Boarmia group. Apart from 

 the <$ characters, it may even prove difficult to differentiate from Boarmia. The 

 smooth termen separates it from the great majority of that group, but cannot alone 

 be relied on. 



