LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA, 215 



to near the interior angle ; under side with a black costal spot. 

 Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



This species appears to connect H. australis with H. signi- 

 ficant. 



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



Hypsa significans. 



Mas et fcem. Ochracea ; palpi nigro notati ; thorax nigro quad- 

 riguttafus ; abdomen linea dorsali e gultis nigris ; pedes nigri, 

 subtus albidi ; alee antica? guttis basalibus nigris, strigis 

 exterioribus fuscis maculas duas elongatas ochraceas aut 

 albidas includentibus ; posticce fusco nonnunquam mar- 

 ginata. 



Male and female. Ochraceous. Palpi ascending much above 

 the head ; first joint with a black dot on the outer side; second with 

 a black apical dot on each side ; third black,- as long as the second 

 in the female, a little shorter in the male. Antennae black, setulose 

 in the male. Thorax with a black dot on each of the hind 

 tegulse, and with a black dot in the disk hindward. Abdomen with 

 a minute black dot on the fore border of each segment; under side 

 with two lateral rows of black clots. Legs black, whitish beneath. 

 Fore wings with some black dots at the base and with exterior brown 

 streaks; two large elongated spots of the ground hue, enclosed by 

 the streaks. Length of the body 11 — 12 lines; of the wings 

 30—34 lines. 



Aru. New Guinea. 



Var. /3. Fore wings with the streaks obsolete, except about 

 the spots. 



Morty. 



Var. y. Like Var. #. Spots of the fore wings whitish. 

 Batchian. 



Var. d. Fore wings with the streaks fully developed; spots 

 whitish. Hind wings with a narrow brown border. 



Mysol. 



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



