NOCTUIDiE. 
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surface pale red-brown with dark lines on three medial 
segments. Fore wing orange-yellow suffused with fiery red, 
the costal edge red-brown ; antemedial line red-brown, 
obliquely curved ; a small pure white spot defined by brown 
in middle of cell ; reniform represented by a pear-shaped 
white spot defined by brown and with some rufous in centre 
above, and an oblique elliptical white spot defined by brown 
and with some rufous in its upper part below ; postmedial 
line red-brown, excurved below costa, incurved between veins 
6 and 5, angled outwards at veins 4 and 3, then retracted 
to median nervure before end of cell and slightly incurved 
to inner margin ; subterminal line defined by diffused red- 
brown on inner side, waved, angled outwards above vein b, 
excurved at middle and incurved below vein 3 ; cilia dark 
red-brown. Hind wing purplish red, the cilia pure white 
at tips. Underside of fore wing pale red, the disc tinged 
with purplish red, a red-brown postmedial line excurved 
below costa, then oblique and obsolescent towards inner 
margin, and a subterminal red-brown patch on costa ; hind 
wing white, the costal area tinged with pale red, a slight 
curved red postmedial line from costa to vein 3. 
Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp. 
54 millim. 
Anomis leucosema, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous ; antennae 
red-brown ; legs with the spurs and tarsi dark brown ringed 
with white ; abdomen pale red-brown, the basal crest dark 
brown, the crest on 2nd segment reddish yellow, the ventral 
surface red-brown with darker lines on three medial segments. 
Fore wing orange-yellow tinged with fulvous red, the costal 
edge red-brown ; a dark brown subbasal point on vein 1 ; 
antemedial line indistinct, red-brown, oblique, sinuous ; a 
white point slightly defined by brown in middle of cell ; 
reniform faintly defined by red-brown, its upper part small 
with its annulus represented by small white spots, its lower 
part large, round, white with rufous mark in centre, produced 
to slight streaks on the veins ; postmedial line red-brown with 
a slight white mark at costa, excurved below costa, incurved 
at discal fold, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then retracted 
to below end of cell and erect with a slight outward curve 
to inner margin ; subterminal line faint, red-brown, excurved 
below vein 7, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved 
and ending at tornus ; cilia bright rufous, white at tips to 
vein 4, then chequered with white at tips. Hind wing pale 
red-brown, the cilia rather deeper red-brown. Underside of 
fore wing with the disc rufous, the marginal areas whitish 
