NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. Vol. VI. APRIL, 1899. No. 1. NEW SPECIES AND GENERA OF THE FAMILIES DBEPANULIDAE, THYBIDIDAE, UBANIIDAE, EPIPLEMWAE, AND GEOMETRIDAE FROM THE OLD-WORLD REGIONS. By W. warren, M.A., F.B.S. Family DREPANULIDAE. 1. Cobanilla erminea sp. uov. Forew/'/iffs : brown-black, with darker trausver.se striae ; basal area pinkish ochreous, varied with grey and silvery scales, bounded by a dark browu Hue or shade from costa at one-third, sharply angled on the subcostal, and curved inward to near base of inner margin ; from two-thirds of inner margin an obscure dark line runs straight and oblique towards apex as far as vein 6, where it is most acutely angled, and runs back to meet a browu costal streak at two-thirds : except for the two browu streaks the custa is pale throughout ; marginal area less browu than central, with transverse sooty specks ; discocellular dark, with slight silvery dots at the angles. Ilindwings : uniform browu, with a curved deeper browu cloud beyond the discocellular; faint traces of darker specks towards apex; inner margin and the course of the lower veins studded with silvery scales ; fringe of both wings concolorous with wing, and slightly glistening. Underside of forewiugs dull red, speckled and towards liindmargiu suffused with blackish ; the outer oblique line distinct, lustrous-edged : of hiudwings bright red, spotted with black along costa and hindmargin. Vertex, face, palpi, legs, and abdomen beneath brilliant red ; shoulders nearly white ; thorax ochreous grey ; abdomen like hiudwings. Ex2Jause of wings : :i4 mm. One 6 from St. Aignan, November 1«9T (A. S. Meek). A second example from Kei Island, much worn, evidcutly belongs to the same species, the uudersurface beiug precisely the same ; but above the whole of the wings is reddish fawu-colour, with a few brown striae, and the basal area but slightly paler. It is apparently a local form. :i. Cobanilla fulgens sp. uov. Forewings : olive-brown; the costa paler, pinkish, with a few black scales; the costal edge ochraceous ; discocellular marked with dots of white scales; the costa and outer half of wing lustrous jaearly, leaving ouly a triangular space 1
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