HYPONOMEUTIDiE. 
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crimson. Abdomen hairy, orange, in $ reddish-tinged. Fore- 
wings elongate, narrow at base, dilated, termen obliquely rounded ; 
7 and 8 stalked (stalk sometimes very short) ; yellow-whitish; 
three rather dark purple-fuscous fasciae parallel to termen, first 
basal, triangular, enclosing a whitish dot, connected with second 
by three red streaks in disc and one dorsal, second antemedian, 
moderate, becoming broad on costa, connected with third by broad 
oblique bar in disc, a furcate red streak above this with an 
additional branch from base not reaching costa, and beneath by 
red streaks above and below fold, lower running into upper branch 
of a furcate streak below this, and one along dorsum, third towards 
termen, rather broad in disc, narrower towards costa and con¬ 
stricted near dorsum, with a moderately broad bar to termen 
beneath apex, a projecting red streak above this and three below 
it not reaching margin ; small red linear marks on ends of veins : 
cilia yellow-whitish, a basal red shade. HindwingS 4 and 5 
approximated at base; ochreous-orange ; cilia concolorous, paler 
towards tips. 
Dutch New Guinea, Mount Goliath, 5000 feet, Weyland Mts., 
6000 feet, November to March; British New Guinea, A roa K., 
Owgarra (Meek, Pratt ); 6 ex. 
Lactura triexoda, n. sp. 
8 . 34-38 mm. Head deep orange, face and sides of crown 
pale yellow, collar pale yellow except posterior margin. Palpi 
moderate, orange-red or orange. Thorax orange-red, 9 pale yellow 
blotches. Abdomen densely hairy, deep orange. Forewings rather 
elongate, slightly dilated, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 separate, to 
termen ; whitish-yellow ; a dark red-brown triangular blotch on 
base of costa, enclosing a small whitish-yellow spot, and connected 
with first fascia by a zigzag of 5 red streaks and a dorsal streak ; 
dark red-brown markings as follows, viz. a fasciate streak from middle 
of costa to | of dorsum, enclosing a yellow-whitish dot near costa, 
a streak running from this above middle to tornus with a projection 
on transverse vein, a streak running from middle of vein 9 .obliquely 
outward to vein 6, then acutely angulated and running to termen 
at sending narrow bars to each side of apex, lower from angle ; 
between these markings margins of cell and interneural lines 
between veins 3-11 not reaching margin red, uppermost of these 
obsolete at base, an elongate red loop within cell, a line beneath cell 
not reaching second streak, a furcate subdorsal streak with upper 
fork extended to tornus, and a dorsal line ; short red lines on end of 
veins round apex and termen : cilia yellow-whitish tinged rosy 
towards tornus, a red basal line. Hindwings 4 and 5 approximated 
at base ; orange, thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia orange, paler 
towards tips. 
Biutish New Guinea, Hydrographer Mts., 2500 feet, January, 
February ( Eidihorn ); 3 ex. 
