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Var. /3. Abdomen with the four first bands not or hardly 

 conical in front. Fore wings with the second spot larger, nearly 

 contiguous to the third ; fourth and fifth of nearly equal size. 



Cera in. 



Var. y. Abdomen with all the bands straight in front. Fore 

 wings with the first spot divided longitudinally into two spots ; 

 second and third spots forming one patch ; fourth rather longer and 

 narrower than the 5th. Hind wings- with the marginal band shorter, 

 interrupted in the middle. 



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



Nyctemera simplex. 



Foem. Nigra ; caput luteum, vertice nigro, f route albido gutta 

 nigra; palpi basi subtus lutei ; thorax tegulis scutelloque Luteo 

 marginatis ; pectus luteum, maculis nigrofuscis ; abdomen 

 fuscum, segmentis albo marginatis, apice luteum ; femora sub- 

 tus alba; alee anticce nigro-fusece, striga postica maculaque 

 maxima obliqua subovata albis ; posticce albm, margine lato 

 nigro-fusco. 



Female. Black. Head luteous; vertex black; front whitish, 

 with a black dot. Palpi black, hardly extending beyond the head, 

 luteous towards the base beneath; third joint extremely short. 

 Antennae smooth. Thorax with the four tegulae and the scutellum 

 bordered with luteous. Pectus luteous, with blackish brown spots. 

 Abdomen brown ; hind borders of the segments white ; tip luteous. 

 Femora white beneath. Fore wings blackish brown, with two white 

 marks ; a streak along the interior border, commencing at one-fifth 

 of the length, ending at a little beyond half the length ; an exterior 

 oblique very large nearly oval spot in the disk. Hind wings white, 

 with a broad blackish brown border. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 24 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Nyctemera quadriplaga. 



Foem. Nigra ; caput apud oculos album ; palpi subtus lutei ; 

 thorax fascia antica interrupta lutea ; abdomen nigro-fuscum ; 

 aim plaga magna alba ; anticce elongate, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo. 



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