574 
N0CTTJIDJ3. 
the tarsi darker, the hind tibiae at extremities, spurs and tarsi 
ringed with white. Fore whig red -brown tinged with purple- 
grey, the area beyond the postmedial line leaden grey except 
towards costa ; a sinuous black subbasal striga from costa 
defined on outer side by whitish ; a minutely waved black 
antemedial line, stronger and defined on inner side by whitish 
towards costa ; a minute black spot in middle of cell and 
two discoidal points ; postmedial line black defined on outer 
side by white, slightly waved except towards costa, oblique 
to vein 5, then incurved, some black suffusion before it in 
submedian interspace and some white points beyond it on 
costa ; a waved black-brown subterminal line, almost obsolete 
towards costa, with a minute white spot on it above vein 7, 
larger oblique spot below 7, and minute reddish ochreous 
spot at discal fold ; a waved black terminal line ; cilia brown 
with yellow line at base and slight pale line near tips which are 
chequered with blackish to vein 2. Hind wing grey tinged 
with brown, the terminal area leaden grey ; a blackish 
discoidal striga defined on outer side by white and with 
traces of a diffused line from it to inner margin ; postmedial 
line pure white, sinuous, with chocolate-brown suffusion 
before it from vein 6 to submedian fold, and a fulvous yellow 
patch beyond it between veins 6 and 2 ; subterminal line 
fulvous yellow, white towards costa and tornus, defined on 
inner side by chocolate-brown suffusion from below costa 
to vein 5 and black below vein 5, waved between veins 6 
and 2 ; a waved black terminal line ; cilia brown with a 
yellow line at base and slight pale line near tips. Underside 
bright red-brown ; fore wing with the costa irrorated with 
whitish, the discal fold beyond the cell and the area below 
the cell and vein 3 striated with white, a round white spot 
in middle of cell with black point in centre and black discoidal 
striga defined on each side by white, postmedial line blackish 
defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa 
then curved and slightly waved, a waved white subterminal 
line with oblique spot on it below vein 7, then indistinct to 
vein 2, the lunulate black terminal line defined on inner side 
by white from above vein 7 to vein 5 ; hind wing striated 
with white, a black discoidal lunule defined by white, slightly 
waved postmedial line defined on outer side by white, and 
dentate white subterminal line. 
Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 <$, 1 $ type. 
Exp. 36 millim. 
Genus THYROSTIPA, nov. 
Type, T. spheeriphora, Moore ( Thyridospila ), P. Z. S. 1867, 
p. 79 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 9 (1895). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in 
