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Genus CODONODES. 
Codonodes, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. Type, 
p. 667 (1907) rectigramma, Hmpsn. 
Codonodes papuana, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish ; 
abdomen whitish suffused with reddish brown ; antennas 
dark brown, ringed with white at base ; palpi dark red- 
brown, the 3rd joint whitish at base ; pectus, legs and ventral 
surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown, the tarsi 
brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown mixed with 
grey- white and irrorated with a few dark scales ; a minute 
blackish spot in middle of cell ; the 1st line almost medial, 
white defined on each side by red-brown, curved ; reniform 
with slight whitish annulus defined on inner side by a blackish 
bar ; postmedial line white defined on each side by red-brown, 
oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal 
line whitish defined on outer side by dark brown and with 
small blackish spots on its inner side above veins 4 to 1, 
oblique to vein 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of minute 
rather triangular black spots. Hind wing whitish suffused 
with red-brown, the cilia rather paler. Underside of fore 
wing reddish brown, the costa with some pale irroration, 
traces of a pale postmedial line with a slight blackish mark 
on its inner side at costa ; hind wing whitish slightly irrorated 
with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot, slightly waved post- 
medial line, and terminal series of striae. 
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 2 $ type. Exp. 
32-34 millim. 
Codonodes louisiada, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with pale 
red -brown ; antennae red -brown ; pectus, legs and ventral 
surface of abdomen white. Fore wing whitish suffused with 
pale red-brown ; the costa more variegated with red -brown 
to end of cell ; a dark point in the cell before the antemedial 
line which is very indistinct, double, brown, obliquely curved 
and slightly sinuous ; a diffused dark discoidal spot ; two very 
indistinct brown postmedial lines, excurved to vein 4, then 
oblique ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by 
brown, with small blackish spots on it above veins 4 and 3, 
then more strongly defined on inner side by brown to vein 1, 
slightly sinuous, incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of 
minute brown spots. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale 
red-brown. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown ; hind 
wing whitish tinged with red-brown, a small dark discoidal 
spot, and rather diffused curved brown postmedial line. 
Hab. Louisiades, St. Aignan {Meek), 1 $ type. Exp. 
24 millim. 
