( 212 ) NEW LITHOSIANAE. By the Hon-. W. Rothschild, Ph.D., F.R.S. 1. Graphosia reticulata sj). uov. c?. Head and thorax yellowisli buff ; auteniiae brown ; abdomen greyish buff, last two segments more yellowish. Forewing creamy bnff, an oblique concave antemedial band, a postmedian band, and a terminal band joined to each other and base of wing by longitudinal bars, wood-brown, fringe creamy bnff. Hindwin<^ creamy bnft'. ?. similar, but lacks antemedian band on forewings. Length of forewing : 13 mm. Hub. Kumnsi River, N.E. British New Guinea, June 1907 (A. S. Meek). 2. Lambula sericea sp. nov. cJ. Head and body huffish grey ; abdomen darker, anal tuft yellowish ; antennae brown. Forewing with costal area folded back, and apex abruptly truncated ; pale greyish buff clouded with darker wood-buff with a lustrous satiny gloss. Hindwing pale wood-buff. Length of forewing : 12 mm. Hab. Mount Goliath, 5UU0 — 7000 ft., Central Dutch New Guinea, January 1911 (type). Angabunga River, affl. St. Joseph's River, British New Gainea, 6000 ft., November 1904— February 1905 (A. S. Meek). 3. Lambula brunneomarginata sp. nov. f?. Head, body, and antennae wood-brown, anal tuft yellow.--Forewing with costal area folded back ; base, costal and terminal margins wood-brown with a satiny lustre, rest of wing cream-colour. Hindwing cream-colour. ? has not got costal area folded back ; costa strongly convex and Iiindwings not so sharply triangular as in S . Forewing with very strong satiny sheen, almost metallic white ; a broad antemedian band, a median large round blotch, and a broad subterminal band elbowed outwards greenish olive-bronze. Hindwing mouse-grey. Length of forewing : S 12 mm., ? 10 mm. Ilab. Near Oetakwa River, t>now Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 ft., October— December 1910 (A. S. Meek) (type); Milne Bay, British New Guinea, 1898 (A. S. Meek). 4. Lambula sericeoides sp. nov. (J. Closely allied to sericea Rothsch. Head, thorax, and antennae dark brown, vertex and j)atagia ]iale wood-bull'; abdomen grey-butr, anal tuft orange-buff. Forewing creamy bnff; folded-back costal area, base, a large patch on vein 1, a broad subterminal band and a narrow terminal one bronzy wood-brown. Hindwing pale creamy bull'.
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