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Hindidngs: with the striae tending to arrange themselves in cross lines; a 

 small black dot in the angle. 



Underside pin-e white ; thorax and abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One (J from Tenimber, June 1892 (Doherty). 



Aploschema gen. nov. 



Fweimrngs: with costa curved from base to apes ; hindmargin curved. 



Hindtuinffs : ^vith a short sharp tail at \ein 4 ; apex and anal angle rectangular ; 

 hindmargin faintly sinuous on either side of the tail. 



Antennae of ^ lamellate, subdentate ; hind tibiae of S wifh three spurs, as in 

 Micronia. 



Neuration: alike in both sexes. Forewings, cell one-third of wing ; discocellular 

 straight ; first median at two-thirds, second close to, third from, end of cell ; lower 

 radial from a little above the middle of discocellular; 6 and 7 stalked; 8, 9, 10 

 stalked; 11 free. Hindwings with 6 and 7 short-stalked ; 3 and 4 from end of cell. 



Type : Aploschema angidatari" Fab. 



Dissoprumna gen. nov. 



Foreii'ings : with costa arched throughout; apex blunt ; hindmargin curved. 



HindtvinrjR : with a tooth at vein 4 ; the hindmargin above it sinuous, below it 

 straight ; the anal angle lobed. 



Antennae flattened, lamellate; legs short ; hind tibiae of J with four spurs. 



Neuration : alike in the two sexes. Forewings, cell one-third of wing ; discocellu- 

 lar vertical ; first median not far before end of cell ; second and third stalked from 

 end ; lower radial from centre of discocellular ; fi and 7 long-stalked ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 

 11 and 12 stalked. Hindwings with lioth subcostals and la.st two medians stalked. 



Type : Dissoprumna eryainarin (fuen. 



29. Micronia fuscifimbria sp. nov. 



Forevnngs : white, with sparse ochreous striae, the costa very faintly dotted with 

 fuscous; median and outer ochreous parallel lines ; inner line obsolete; fringe ferru- 

 ginous ochreous, the base darker, and with minute darker dots at end of veins. 



Hviulivincis : with broad ochreous median line curved into inner margin above 

 anal angle ; curved and denticulated ochreous submarginal line ; some ochreous striae 

 before hindmargin ; fringe as in forewings, with a minute black dot at the base of 

 the tooth, and a large black spot before it. 



Underside wholly white. Face and palpi dark brown ; thorax and abdomen 

 white. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



Three examples from the Tenimber Islands, .Inly 1892 (\V. Doherty). 



30. Micronia pluviosa sp. nov. 



6. Forewiiv/s : white, with dark grey transverse lines and strignlations, becom- 

 ing blackish along costa; the strignlations, which are really thick streaks, are all 

 somewhat oblique outwards, while the three lines, which are smoky grey, are jiarallel 



