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this spot is prolonged nearly to the terraen, and there is an additional (but smaller) 



white subapical spot ; fringe concolorous. Hindwing as in quadriplaga oviplaga 



llothsch. (Lep. Brit. Ornitk. Un. Exped. New Guinea, p. 90). 



Forewing beneath with the subbasal white spot triangular, extended nearly 

 to base ; discal spot as above ; both the subteruiinal spots present in all examples, 

 and in addition a narrower one from M 1 to the fold, sometimes less pure behind M 2 . 

 Hindwing beneath with a white patch at the base; discal patch as above ; two or 

 three submarginal spots approximately corresponding to those of the forewing but 

 uarrower. 



Ellanden River, S.E. Dutch New Guinea, December 1910 (A. S. Meek). Type 

 and others in coll. Tring Mus. Also from near Oetakwa River, October — December 

 1910, both sexes. 



The structural characters show only extremely slight differences from those of 

 quadriplaga, S antenna rather less thickened before and rather less pointed at 

 apex ; abdomen not quite so long and slender ; hindwing with anal angle not quite 

 so completely rounded off. 



1 58. Abraxas copha sp. nov. 



? , 44 mm. Face light orange. Palpus with first joint light orange, the rest 

 mostly blackish. Vertex blackish. Occiput, collar and front of thorax marked 

 with light orange. Abdomen mostly dark above ; on sides and beneath spotted 

 and banded with light orange. 



Foreiving dull blackish ; at base of costa witli an orange dot ; a few white dots 

 in proximal area ; an extended white median area, nearly 5 mm. wide at hindmargin 

 (before middle), narrowing, ending at SC half as wide; its proximal edge slightly 

 concave, its distal slightly convex and tending to project slightly at the veins ; 

 a submarginal row of irregular white spots, the first large (from SO 5 to R 2 ), 

 proximally indented on R 1 , the second wedge-shaped (between R 3 and M 1 ), the 



third rounder (between M 1 and M 2 ), the last two small. Hindwing with a small 



blackish proximal area, the white median band of forewing continued, broad, 

 narrowing somewhat at extremities, not quite reaching costa ; distal half blackish, 

 with a submarginal row of white spots, the first (between C and SC 2 ) and the last 

 (between M 2 and abdominal margin) mere dashes, the other four moderately large. 



Underside almost identical. 



Fak-Fak, Dutch New Guinea, 1700 ft., December 1907 (A. E. Pratt). Type iu 

 coll. L. B. Prout. 



Closely related to pimctif era Walk. {List Lep. Ins. xxxi. 202), apex of forewing 

 somewhat more rounded, white band differently shaped, not followed distally by a 

 subcostal white spot. 



159. Paralcidia subvinosa sp. nov. 



6 ?, 31-33 mm. Face and palpus light ochreons brown, with a slight vinous 

 tinge, the face with a few dark fuscous scales on upper part, palpus with first and 

 second joints fuscous-mixed on outer side. Vertex and thorax dark fuscous, the 

 latter with a pale, vinous-tinged stripe down centre. Abdomen and legs of the pale 

 colour, a good deal mottled with fuscous. Hindtibia in S very strongly dilated, 

 with dark fuscous hair-pencil. 



