( 1553 ) 



wings with only the apes fuseous. Face and (jalpi dark brown ; thorax and ahdouieii 

 whitish, mottled with fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 12 mm. 



Two <?(? from Humboldt Bay, \ew Guinea, October 1892 (W. Doherty). 



. Paradirades gen. no\-. 



Foreivinrjs : with costa sinuous, slightly incurved in middle; hindinargiii 

 sinuous, strongly incurved below apex, then bulged and oblicjue at anal angle ; inner 

 margin straight. 



Hindivlngs : with costa straiglit, not excised nor tutted ; hinduiargin sinuate, as 

 in forewings. 



Antennae thick, lamellate ; palpi short ; torewings of cJ with a very large double 

 fovea at base, the lower lialf inflated, the upper depressed ; hindwings with no fold 

 and tuft of hair on inner margin. 



Neu ration : forewings, lower radial from well below the upper angle of ci'll ; 

 C and 7 stalked; 8 and 9 stalked; 10 and 11 stalked ; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Type : Paradirades asstrnilis sp. no\-. 



44. Paradirades assimilis sp. nov. 



Fwewiw/s : pale grey, speckled with fuscous ; a dark blotch on costa at middle, 

 one on the discocellular, and another at middle of inner margin represent the curved 

 first line ; a costal blotch at three-fom-ths and a smaller one on inner margin before 

 anal angle indicate the second line ; before the a}iex is another small blotch, and one 

 on the hindmargiu at middle; fringe dark. 



Hindwiiigs : the .same, with an antemedian and postmedian line of interrupted 

 blotches. 



Underside dull grey. Head, thorax, and abdomen all dull grey. 



Expanse of ^vings: 16 mm. 



Three SS from Cedar Bay, Cooktown, (Queensland (type) (.\. y. ;\leek) ; and 

 one c? from Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. 



The insect bears a superficial Vesemblance to E)jiphiiia. invrata Moore. 



Fa.mily GEOMETRIDAE. 

 StiiFAMiLV OEXOCH R( )MIXA]':. 



Oenochlora gen. nov. 



Foreivings : elongate; the costa strongly arched from base to apex; apex 

 somewhat produced ; hindmargiu oblique, curved at anal angle. 



Hindwings ; with a[)ex and hindmargiu roun(le<l. 



Antennae three-fourths of wing, in J regularly pectinated throughout. Palpi 

 upcurved in front of face : second joint sijuamous, just reaching above forehead ; 

 third joint small, blunt. Tongue present ; frenulum present. Hind tiiiiae some- 

 what thickened, with a pencil of hairs and four spurs. 



Nearation: forewings. cell quite half the length of wing; di.scocelhilar slightly 



