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be3'ond which is a dark dot on the njiper margin of the cell ; a white point 

 terminates both the upper and lower angle of the cell, beyond which is a recurved 

 broadish darker indefinite baud ; the fine postmedial serrated recurved line lies in 

 the iiale greyish band, beyond which is a broadish area of darker ground colonr^ 

 the outer margin of which is very irregular ; termen fine, very ^lale grey. Secondary 

 greyish brown with a fine very pale grey termen. 



Expanse : 49 — .50 mm. 



Hah. The tyi)e is in my collection, and was taken in January or February at 

 Ekeikei. 



20(1. Ceromacra diuawa spec. nov. 



? . Head pale brown, thorax brown ; patagiae and collar densely but loosely 

 scaled, the scales being paler tipped at their extremities, giving the thorax au 

 irrorated ai)pearance ; abdomen greyish brown. Primary brown, darker for the 

 basal half and at the termen, leaving the postmedial area broadly jiale ; lines 

 purplish brown ; the antemedial, rising on the costa in front of the centre, recedes 

 rapidly to the lower margin of the cell, whence it is angled outwards on to the 

 inner margin ; medial line broader, indefinite, irregular, beyond which the reniform 

 stigma is prominent ; postmedial lino strongly serrate (almost crennlate), out- 

 wardly produced from the costa, then receding gradually to the middle of the 

 inner margin, beyond which (postmedial line) is a trace of another similar one ; 

 subterminal line very irregular, forming the inferior edge of the darker terminal 

 area. Secondary uniform greyish brown. 



Exjjanse : 49 mm. 



Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in 

 May and .June. 



29T. Ceromacra purpurea spec. nov. 



i . Head and thorax brown with a jmrple gloss, thorax with a central com- 

 pressed metathoracic tuft of strongly metallic purplish scales ; abdomen brown, 

 slightly puri)lish ; anal tuft tipped with white. Primary purplish brown, with 

 a j)ale yellowish brown antemedial line ; postmedial line pale, finely but darkly 

 edged internally, beginning on the costa a third from the apex, strongly oblique 

 outwardly to below vein 0, where the dark edging is very strongly serrated twice ; 

 the lower serration receding to below the cell, thence to the inner margin ; beyond 

 the middle the double line is resumed in an outwardly oblique direction ; a trace 

 of a subochreous subterminal line. Secondary blackish brown, slightly paler 

 towards the costa. 



Expanse : 4i) — 41 mm. 



Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect occurs in 

 March and April. 



2f»8. Ceromacra aroa spec. nov. 



cJ. Head and thorax olive-brown, abdomen greyish brown. Primary olivaceous 

 brown, with basal, snbbasal and three somewhat indefinite medial lines, an oblique 

 broad jwstmedial dark band of shading, a subterminal dotted line, an obscure 

 terminal band of golden brown. Secondary uniform dark brownish grey. 



Expanse : 82 mm. 



Hub. Aroa River, February. 



Type in my collection, ami in the Tring Museum are other examples. 



