. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 592 ARCTIADJ3. Ab. 2. reducta. Blacker; fore wing with the antemedial patch narrower, the subterminal band deeper red; hind wing with the patch not extending below submedian fold. â Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), "type f c? pallidior in Coll. Rothschild, Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. (Meek), typef 2 in Coll. Rothschild; Br. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi (Meek), type t c? reducta in Coll. Rothschild ; Good- exough I. (Meek), 1 $ . .Erp. tf 24, $ 26 millim. *591 6. Byrsia ornata. Byrsia ornata, Roths. Not
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 592 ARCTIADJ3. Ab. 2. reducta. Blacker; fore wing with the antemedial patch narrower, the subterminal band deeper red; hind wing with the patch not extending below submedian fold. â Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), "type f c? pallidior in Coll. Rothschild, Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. (Meek), typef 2 in Coll. Rothschild; Br. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi (Meek), type t c? reducta in Coll. Rothschild ; Good- exough I. (Meek), 1 $ . .Erp. tf 24, $ 26 millim. *591 6. Byrsia ornata. Byrsia ornata, Roths. Not. Zool. viii. p. 423 (1902). Fore wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked. 6 . Black ; patagia with yellow patches ;⢠tarsi and ventral surface of abdomen }Tellow. Fore wing with large golden yellow patch from near base to beyond middle and from inner margin to below costa, rounded above and its outer edere angled in discal and submedian. âByrsia ornata, J1. \. folds; a deep orange subterminal band from below costa to tornus towards which it is attenuate, rounded above and with its edges minutely waved. Hind wing with orange-yellow triangular patch from costa, on which it extends from base to beyond middle, to submedian fold near termen ; the underside with terminal patch from vein 5 to 2 followed by a narrow band to tornus. Sab: New Guinea, Humboldt Bay (Doherty), type f <$ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 millim. *591 c. Byrsia amcena. (Plate XXXI. fig. 19.) Byrsia amcena, Roths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 423 (1901). 5 . Head and thorax golden yellow ; pectus and legs black ; tarsi yellow ; abdomen black, the anal tuft grey, whitish below. Fore wing golden yellow, the terminal area blue-black from costa beyond middle to inner margin near tornus ; a scarlet subterminal band from below costa to vein 1, rounded above and attenuate below. Hind wing golden yellow with terminal black band narrowing from costa to a point at submedian fold, the cilia towards tornus and on in
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