SOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIII. 1916. 333 



Arctianae 



272. Diacrisia ougarra germanica Rothsch. 



Diacrisia ougarra germanica Rothschild, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 146. No. 988a (1910) (Sattelberg). 



2 SS, Dampier Island. 



273. Diacrisia turbida montana Rothsch. 



Diacrisia turbida montana Rothschild, Nov. Zool xvii. p. 145. No. 987c (1910) (S.E. New Guinea). 



3 S3, 5 $ ?, Vulcan Island. 



274. Diacrisia niceta semirosea (Butl.) 



Arctia semirosea Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xix. p. 217 (1887) (Solomon Islands). 

 1 c?, 5 ¥ ¥ , Dampier Island. 



275. Diacrisia niceta pallida subsp. nov. 



c?. Similar to niceta papuana Rothsch., but forewing much paler cinnamon 

 cream-colour. 



7 S3, Vulcan Island. 



276. Amsacta marginata punctipennis (Butl.) 



Arctia punctipennis Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xviii. p. 126 (1876) (Cape York). 



The single specimen has the red costa of forewing and the red of the abdomen 

 replaced by yellow. 



1 3, Vulcan Island. 



277. Rhodogastria timolis tenebrosa subsp. nov. 



c?. Much darker than t. timolis, strongly suffused with sooty brown. 

 ¥ . Differs from t. timolis in the darker forewiugs. 

 3 3 3, 3 ¥ ¥ , Vulcan Island. 



278. Rhodogastria communis minor subsp. nov. 



S ¥ . Very much smaller and duskier than c. communis Walk, from Bum, and 

 the 3 has the whole abdomen a dull brick-red. 



Length of forewing : cJ 25, ¥ 31 mm. Expanse : c? 55-5, ¥ 68 mm. 



3 S3, 3 ¥ ¥, Vulcan Island. 



279. Rhodogastria crokeri papuana subsp. nov. 



cf ¥ . This belongs to the New Guinea race of the species c. crokeri McLeay, 

 having been described from Queensland. It differs from c. crokeri in its dark slaty 

 brown-grey ground-colour, not grey-brown with a cinnamon tinge, and in there being- 

 less red at base of the antennae. 



2 S3, 1 ¥, Vulcan Island. 



280. Utetheisa pulchelloides Hmpsn. 



Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xix. p. 239 (1907) (Praslin, Seychelles). 



4 S3, 4 ¥ ¥, Dampier Island ; 4 S3, 4 ¥ ¥, Vulcan Island. 



