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wing, emitting a thick branch from middle anteriorly to termination of 
dorsal streak; a long loop in posterior half of cell, another along fold 
somewhat before preceding, both not quite closed posteriorly; a strong 
prostrate-S-shaped streak above dorsum, connected above with the loop 
on fold and posteriorly with the transverse branch from middle of vein 2 ; 
an irregular terminal rather narrow streak reaching from termination of 
vein 10 to tornus, with small projections on veins 4 and 5. Cilia (imperfect) 
yellow, basal half orange-crimson. Hind wing with 4 and 5 stalked; semi- 
pellucent, thinly scaled towards base: light golden-orange; cilia con- 
colorous. 
Araucaria Camp, 800 m, March 11, 1939. One specimen. 
Lactura aureocuprea (Walker, 1886) (fig. 774) 
Lithosia aureocuprea Walker, 1866, List Lep. Heter. Brit. Mus., vol. 35, p. 1885. 
Eutane aureocuprea, Swinhoe, Catal. East, and Austral. Lep. Heter. Oxf. Mus., 
vol. 1, p. 126, No. 581, pi. 3, fig. 21, 1892. 
Buxeta aureocuprea, Durrant, Catal. Lep. Heter. Mus. Oxon., vol. 2, pp. 561 — 562, 
No. 3666, 1900. 
Lactura aureocuprea, Meyrick, Lepid. Catal., fasc. 19, p. 32, 1914. 
Distribution: Moluccas, Gilolo. 
Dr. G. C. Varley, the Hope Professor, Dept, of Entomology, University 
Museum, Oxford, England, kindly sent us the precious Walker’s type 
specimen collected in the Moluccas by A. R. Wallace himself which is 
still unique. We take the opportunity to redescribe this specimen. 
d 1 28 mm. Head dark brown, face and two large spots on vertex deep 
orange-ochreous. Antenna dark brown, scape orange-ochreous below. 
Palpus orange-ochreous, median segment except base dark brown, terminal 
segment brownish-lilac. Thorax dark brown, a broad orange-ochreous 
U-shaped mark edging apex and reaching 3 / 4 the length of thorax, patagia 
brightly ochreous-orange, along median edge and towards this edge 
anteriorly moderately suffused with dark brown. Abdomen dark greyish - 
brown, tw r o basal segments densely haired, fuscous-grey, venter and valva 
light pinkish-ochreous, a brush at each side of genital segment, orange. 
Legs and pectus ochreous-orange, anterior and median tibia and tarsus 
dark fuscous above, articulations of tarsi pale greyish. Fore wing with 
veins 7 and 8 separate; elongate-subovate, dilated, broadest at 3 / 4 , costa 
shortly curved at base, very faintly concave anteriorly, curved posteriorly, 
moderately prominent at 3 / 4 , apex rounded, termen rounded, moderately 
oblique. Dark brown with faint coppery or purplish gloss on posterior half 
of wing. Markings bright orange-yellow, somewhat paler than those of 
thorax. An ovate spot occupying lower half of extreme base; a large, 
elongate-subtriangular patch beginning with a broad streak along fold 
from beyond base to 1 / 3 of wing, thence triangularly dilated below, its 
