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(24) *Aphomia fuscolimbella. 



MelissoUiijites fuscoHmbdla'Ra.g., Nouv. Gen. p. 20(1887) ; id., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 485. pi. 46. f. 11 ; 

 Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 413. 



TX.S.A. 



(25) Aphomia variegatella. 



■f Meliss"blaptes variegatella Hmpsn., Rom. Mim. viii. p. 486. pi. 54. £. 19 (1901). 

 Borneo. 



(26) Aphomia obliterosa. 



Bapara obliterosa Wlk., xxxii. 603 (1865) ; Swinh., Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. pi. vii. f. 2 ; Hmpsn., 

 Rom. Mim. viii. p. 487. pi. 53. f. 14. 



IT. Guinea ; D'Entrecasteaux Is. 



(27) * Aphomia distictella n. sp. 



<J. Head and thorax brown irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen fuscous. 

 Forewing brown irrorated with fuscous ; a black point in end of cell and anothei' 

 on discoceUulars. Hindwing dark fuscous-brown ; the cilia paler with a dark 

 line through them. 



Natal (A. J. Spiller), type in coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 mill. 



(28) * Aphomia homochroa. 



Melissoblaptes homochroa Turner, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xix. p. 53 (1905). 

 Queensland. 



Sect. IV. Forewing of male with the cell extending to about two-thirds 

 of wing ; not produced at extremity ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 from 

 above angle ; a small glandular swelling at base of costa on underside, the cell 

 clothed with sUky androconia ; hindwing with tuft of long hair from below 

 costa near base on upperside 



(29) t Aphomia cyclophora n. sp. 



(J. Head, thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with pale purplish red. 

 Forewing pale purplish red irrorated with blackish ; a minute annulus incom- 

 pletely defined by black scales in middle of cell and a more complete discoidal 

 annulus ; traces of a diffused dark post-medial line, obhque to vein 5, then 

 inwardly obhque and somewhat dentate ; traces of a curved dark subterminal 

 line ; a terminal series of black bars. Hindwing ochreous yellow tinged with 

 brown except on inner area ; a slight brown terminal line ; cilia brownish to 

 vein 2 with a pale line at base, then yellowish. Underside ochreous white tinged 

 with brown, forewing with the cell clothed with golden yellow androconia ; 

 hindwing with the tuft of hair ochreous. 



Br. IT. Guinea, MUne Bay (Meek), 1 <? type. Exp. 34 mill. 



Sect. V. Forewing of male with the cell extending to about two-thirds of 

 wing, not produced at extremity ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle ; the wings without secondary sexual charactei^. 



