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luteous line, which forms a short triangular band on the hind border 

 of each segment. Wings white, with a broad blackish brown border, 

 which contains a submarginal band of white marks. Fore wings 

 elongate, with the blackish brown part occupying the costa and the 

 base, and extending over half the surface of the wing; a luteous 

 point at the base ; submarginal band composed of four spots, of 

 which the first is subapical and larger than the others; second sub- 

 costal ; third very narrow ; fourth nearer the interior angle. Hind 

 wings blackish brown at the base ; submarginal band composed of 

 four small spots. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 25 lines. 



Closely allied to N. punctifera, but the fore wings are more 

 elongated. 



a. Bouru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Nyctemera instructa. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; caput flavescens,maculis duabus nigro-fuscis ; 

 palpi nigro-fusci, basi flavescentes ; antennae latissime pecti- 

 nate ; thorax tegulis scutelloque alio marginatis ; pectus 

 lutescens, nigro maculatum ; abdomen fasciis quinque albis 

 duabus luteis ; femora subtus albida ; alee antic ae fuse a, fat 

 angustce, venis basalibus, gutta elongata fasciaque exteriore 

 lata incisa abbreviata albis; posticce alba?,margine lato undu- 

 lato fusco. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head pale yellow, with a blackish 

 brown spot on the vertex and with a smaller one in front. Palpi 

 blackish brown, pale yellow towards the base. Antenna? very broadly 

 pectinated. Thorax with the four tegula? and the scutellum bor- 

 dered with white. Pectus pale luteous, with black spots. Abdomen 

 with a white band on the hind border of each segment; sixth and 

 seventh bands and apical tuft luteous; under side with pale luteous 

 bands, which are connected by three pale luteous stripes. Femora 

 whitish beneath. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings brown ; veins 

 whitish towards the base ; an elongated white dot behind the median 

 vein ; a broad exterior white band, which is abbreviated towards the 

 costa and still more so towards the interior border, and is deeply 

 notched on its inner side. Hind wings white, with a broad brown 

 border, which is undulating on its inner side. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



