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both converging on 1 / 3 of the transverse fascia, second streak anastomosing 
in middle with third connecting streak which runs along fold and is tri- 
angularly dilated ; connections between transverse fasciae : a rather broad 
streak along upper edge of cell with two acute projections along veins 
10 and 9, respectively, first projection not reaching margin, second merging 
below costa in second fascia; a narrower streak along each upper and 
lower edges of median connecting bar ; a streak along fold abruptly curved 
upward at 2 / 3 of fold and connected with top of triangular prominence of 
second fascia; a sinuate, prostrate- Y-shaped streak, with the stalk from 
lower 1 / i of first fascia, with the arms to second fascia above base and to 
middle of dorsum, respectively; upper arm also connected with the end of 
plical streak; rather broad, slightly dilated posteriorly and truncate 
interneural streaks not reaching margin : one towards apex, three towards 
lower half of termen. Cilia light orange, glossy, basal third deep orange, 
mixed with brownish opposite horizontal bar of second transverse fascia. 
Hind wing with 4 and 5 separate; orange-crimson, becoming deeper 
orange towards apex, pinkish and thinly scaled towards costa and base; 
cilia orange, a faint deep orange antemedian line. 
Ostium surrounded by dense fine bristles, turned inside. Ductus bursae 
short, straight. Cestum, a sclerotized plate with two converging double 
ridges of small teeth. Signa two, each formed by two joint plates. (Slide 
no. 944 D.) 
Hollandia, 8 m, July 17, 1938. One specimen. Dr. G. C. Varley, the 
Hope Professor, University Museum, Oxford, kindly sent the type specimen 
to us for study. The unique male specimen collected by Wallace himself 
has become slightly bleached in the course of years and has paler hind 
wings and abdomen than our female insect. The markings in the fore wing, 
however, are identical in all details. 
Lactura floricoma Meyrick, 1923 
Lactura floricoma Meyrick, 1923, Exot. Microl., vol. 3, pp. 123 124. 
Distribution: Netherlands New Guinea: Snow Mountains, Utakwa 
River, 2000—3000 feet. 
Our specimens may be redescribed as follows. 21 — 22 mm. Head 
pale yellow, a suffused pale band between bases ol antennae and vertex 
posteriorly reddish-orange-red. Antenna rosy-fuscous, scape orange-red. 
Palpus reddish suffused with fuscous. Thorax orange-red, three pairs of 
pale yellow sublateral spots and an apical spot, the latter spot preceded 
by a curved broad fulvous band; patagia broad, pale yellow, narrowly 
edged with orange-red. Abdomen densely clothed with long rough hairs, 
reddish-orange. Pleurae and venter pale yellow. Legs reddish-orange, 
tibiae and tarsi pale yellow, anterior tibia and tarsus suffused anteriorly 
with fuscous-lilac, median and posterior tibia with a fuscous-lilac spot on 
