548 
NOCTTJIDiE. 
with red, the 3rd joint with black ring near extremity ; 
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore 
legs irrorated with red, the tarsi banded blackish and white. 
Fore wing vitite tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark 
brown ; traces of a pale subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; 
antemedial line wiiitish slightly defined on each side by brown, 
curved ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform whitish 
slightly defined by blackish and with diffused black-browm 
in centre ; two indistinct weaved red-browm antemedial lines ; 
postmedial line double, blackish filled in with white, oblique 
to below 1 - vein 5, then inwardly oblique, some whitish points 
with red-browm between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal 
line black with a violaceous shade before it, oblique and 
sinuous to vein 6, then formed by small black lunules, bent 
outwards at vein 4 ; a series of black points before termen 
and red-brown terminal line ; cilia rufous and white. Hind 
wing whitish tinged with violaceous and irrorated with dark 
brown ; a red-brown point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial 
line red-brown defined on outer side by white, oblique ; a 
subterminal series of minute black spots with larger spots 
above and below vein 2 ; a series of black points before termen 
and a red-brown terminal line. Underside creamy white ; 
fore wing with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with 
red, a blackish point in middle of cell and red discoidal striga, 
postmedial line red, oblique towards costa, then slightly 
w r aved, the terminal half of costa with alternating red and 
white marks, an indistinct waved reddish subterminal line 
with a shade before it from costa to vein 4 ; hind wing with 
two blackish discoidal points, and red postmedial line inter- 
rupted at middle ; both wings with series of black points 
before termen. 
Ab. 1. Fore wing without the black-browm in centre of 
reniform . 
Ab. 2. Fore wing with the outer part of medial area and 
the apical half of terminal area strongly suffused with rufous. 
Ab. 3. Fore wing tinged with violaceous throughout and 
without the black lunules on the subterminal line. 
Ab. 4. Fore wing with the medial area and hind wing 
with the basal half tinged with ochreous, the basal area of 
fore wing and terminal area of both wings deep rufous mixed 
with purplish ; fore wing with a blackish fascia from the 
angle of the postmedial line to termen. 
Bab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $ ; Hr. N. 
Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 £ ; D’Entrecasteaux Is., 
Fergusson I. (Meek), 2 $ ; Solomon Is., Guadalcanar 1. 
(Meek), 2 type, Rendova I. (Meek). 2 Choiseul I. (Meek), 
1 (U Exp. 38-42 millim. 
