190 On Lepidoptera from New Guinea, Kei^ &c. 



Lymantriidae. 



Dasycliira grata, sp. n. 



(^ . General sliape and aspect resembling D. alboscJiistacea, 

 E-otlisch., and albiplaga, Swinli.; costa more arched towards 

 apex. Anterior and intermedian feet brown, with darker 

 spots. Palpi, head, and thorax grey. Antennae wood- 

 brown, scape a little lighter. 



Fore wing greyish brown ; basal third yellowish grey; an 

 almost straiglit brown basal line ; at ^ of wing a feebly 

 crenulate brown line, limited basally by a reddish-brown 

 colour. On submedian fold, before subbasal line, a distinct 

 dark brown lunule, opened basally. Costal half of m.edian 

 third schistaceous, discocellulars and a patch between veins 

 4-6 yellowish grey ; lower half grey, veins schistaceous, 

 distally limited by a yellowish-grey patch. Postmedial line 

 dark brown, very distinct^ originating at costa in a white 

 patch, oblique till vein 6, sharply dentate distally on this 

 vein and on vein 4, then almost obsolescent, turning basally 

 and limiting yellow patch below vein 3, thus almost disap- 

 pearing on this vein. Apical part white till vein 6; behind 

 postmedian line a brown patch at costa above 7, and three 

 between 6-3; a grey spot at tornus, not very distinct. Rest 

 of external third schistaceous (except at termen) ; a row of 

 subterminal dark brown spots, becoming larger and larger to 

 vein 2. 



Hind icing buff-grey, almost white at base, darker at 

 termen. 



Underside of both wings without black lines or points en 

 discocellulars, 



EcVjMnse. — 35 mm. 



1 J, Philippines, Mindanao (prov. Surigao). 



Leucoma submarginata, forma Iceiana, nov. 



<^ . White ; head (except a white spot on each side), palpi 

 (except base beneath) brown. Antennae yellowish white, 

 scape pure white. Feet with black spots, and yellow claw- 

 joints of tarsi. 



Fore wing completely and hind wing on anal part bright 

 silvery. (Josta of fore wing on fore side, and distally also 

 above, narrowly ochreous. Fringes brownish grey. 



Expanse. — 33-35 nnn. 



^ 6 S , iSathecn, Klein Kei, 18. ii. 1921 {Rev, P. van der 

 Baad.M.S.C), 



