( -iia ) 



Undert^ide like upjier, but the outer line difl'usely tliickeued with brown, the 

 marginal area beyond it whitish and glossy. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous- 

 Expanse of wings : 32 — 30 mm. 

 Three 6 6 from Oinaini.sa, December 1891 (W. Doherty). . 



197. Semiothisa fusca sp. nov. 



Forexvings : dull fuscous grey, with darker specks and striae; first line very 

 indistinct, at one-fourth; a thick vertical central siiade beyond the dark cell-spot; 

 outer line formed of regular grey lunules, followed by a slightly darker fascia edged 

 with three brown spots at costa, and with some brown spots below the middle ; fringe 

 concolorous, with an interrupted dark line at base. 



Hindii'ings : the same. 



Underside clear white, strigulated with fu.scous towards base, with all the marks 

 very distinct and brown; the discal spots deep black. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 hoary grey. 



Expanse of wings : 32 — 40 mm. 



In some numbers from Cedar Bay, Cooktowu, (Queensland (A. S. ]\leek). 



The forewings have the hindmargin entire, not excised below the apex, very 

 faintly crenulate ; that of the hindwings is strongly crenulate. 



198. Semiothisa subcastanea .^p. nov. 



Forewings: whitish ochreous, densely du.sted with fuscous atoms; the base 

 and costa tinged with brownish ; first line and cell-spot not marked ; second line 

 indistinct, at three-fourths, starting from a dai-k costal spot, angled below costa, 

 then faintly waved ; followed by a grey-brown fascia, edged on costa by an 

 oblique red-brown blotch ; marginal area greyish brown ; two whitish subapical 

 streaks, the lower one running in above vein 6 to its origin ; mai'ginal spots black ; 

 fringe ochreous, except along the subapical excision, where it is dark brown, as is 

 the margin it.self. 



Hhidinngs : like forewings, but with a black cell-spot. 



Head, face, jialpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish, speckled with fuscous. Under- 

 side white, with blackish coarser speckles; the outer line darker; the outer third, 

 especially the fascia, che.st nut-brown ; the veins ferruginous ; apex of forewings and 

 submarginal .space on hindwings varied with white black-spotted blotches. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One ? from Bantlong, Java. 



Tephrinopsis gen. nov. 



Under Tephrina Guenee placed togetlier species having simple antennae in the 

 6 and species having them pectinated. I propose to separate the former, those with 

 simple antennae, under the above name, with Tephnnopsis parallelwia Wlk. 

 for type. 



199. Tephrina munda sji. nov. 



Forewings: whiti.sh, thickly dusted with grey-brown striae; the co.st a ochreous, 

 dotted with fuscous; inner line brown, curved, obsolescent towards costa; second line 



