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EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 
Lactura captatrix, n. sp. 
S . 32 mm. Palpi deep crimson. Thorax orange-red, 9 pale 
yellow blotches. Abdomen hairy, light rosy-orange. Pore wings 
rather elongate, slightly dilated, termen rather obliquely rounded ; 
6 and 7 connate, 7 to termen; pale whitish-yellow; a red streak 
along basal third of costa, with dark crimson basal and subbasal 
prominences; five red streaks forming a zigzag between base and 
first fascia, and one along dorsum to middle; a narrow irregular 
dark purplish-brown fascia from middle of costa to J of dorsum, 
sending a costal streak to |, and giving rise to a curved oblique streak 
running from of costa to vein 6, sharply angulated and running 
straight to dorsum beyond middle, sending bars to costa above apex 
and from angle to termen, an oblique streak from first fascia above 
middle crossing second with projection on transverse vein but 
hardly reaching tornus; red lines Between these markings as in 
triexoda , but no terminal red dashes on veins except on vein 3 : cilia 
yellow-whitish, towards tornus orange, a red-brown basal line, 
round apex red. Hind wings 4 and 5 short-stalked ; orange ; cilia 
paler towards tips. 
Dutch Hew Guinea, Weyland Tits., 5000 feet, January (Pratt ); 
1 ex. Extremely close to triexoda , but truly distinct by differences 
as specified ; termen of fore wings less oblique. 
Lactura britomartis, n. sp. 
G . 32-34 mm. Head orange, a pale yellow sublateral mark on 
face, collar pale yellow except margins. Palpi short, 'orange. 
Thorax pale yellow, margins of patagia suffused orange, a red 
dorsal stripe expanded and darker posteriorly enclosing a pale 
yellow spot at extremity. Abdomen densely hairy, orange. 
Pore wings rather elongate, somewhat dilated, termen rather 
obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 approximated at base, 7 to termen ; 
pale yellow ; a triangular red spot on base of costa enclosing a pale 
yellow dot; two red streaks below middle reaching first fascia and 
two or three shorter suffused together above middle not reaching it; 
a red dorsal streak throughout; a dark red-brown fasciate streak 
from I of dorsum to middle of costa, on costal third tending to 
form 3 or 4 longitudinal streaks continued by red prolongations but 
not reaching second fascia, on costa replaced by a red streak 
becoming orange posteriorly, lowest streak more or less completely 
continued as a somewhat oblique bar to second fascia ; a dark red- 
brown fasciate streak from vein 9 at J of wing obliquely outwards 
to vein 6, where it sends a bar to termen, then sharply angulated 
and running straight to dorsum at 3-; a red streak above fold from 
first fascia to connecting bar near second, a shorter streak below 
fold, an oblique streak from first fascia below this not quite reaching 
end of second fascia, and a streak from second between these not 
reaching first; 3 orange streaks from second fascia above angle 
running to costa, and 4 below it to termen, merged in some orange 
suffusion along termen : cilia orange, paler towards tips. Hind- 
