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Subfamily SCOTOPTERYGINAE. 

 153. Catascia(?) pulverulenta sp. uov. 



Foreivings : whitish, entirely covered with fuscous atoms ; the Hues darker ; 

 first at one-fourth, waved ; median shade just beyond the sliijlitly darker cell-spot : 

 outer line oblique, parallel to hindmargin, closely followed by a fuscous band ; sub- 

 marginal marked by white sagittate marks, preceded and followed by dark fuscons ; 

 fringe fuscous, preceded by dark marginal lunnles. 



Uindwings: with basal two-thirds somewhat paler; without first line; the 

 snbmarginal fascia beyond outer line broader and stronger. 



Underside with liasal two-thirds of both wings whitish, dusted with fuscous ; 

 outer third obscurely fuscous. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 45 mm. 



One ? from Taganak Island, N.E. Borneo, June 1893. 



Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE. 

 Parametrodes gen. nov. 



Foretci/H/s : with costa straight, curved only at base and before ajiex : apex 

 liiunt ; hindmargin rounded. 



Uindwings: amjjle, dispro])ortionately large comjiared witii forewings ; lioth 

 angles and hindmargin well rounded, the latter slightly elbowed in middle. 



Antennae of <? pectinated throughout, with the basal joint swollen : lorchcad 

 with a cone of scales ; palpi porrect, somewhat rostriform ; tongue and frenulum 

 i)resent ; hindtibiae with four spurs. 



JSeuration: forewings, cell half as long as wing; first median at four-fifths 

 second before end, third from end of cell : radials normal : 7, 8, 9, stalked from end' 

 of cell ; 10 and II coincident, anastomosing with the costal, 10 subsequently ana- 

 stomosing with 8, 9. Uindwings with costal approximated to subcostal for half the 

 length of cell ; first subcostal shortly before end of cell ; medians as in forewings ; 

 no radials. 



Type : Parametrodes dispar sp. nov. 



Allied to Petelia H.S. 



154. Parametrodes dispar sj). nov. 



Foreivings: dull coppery red-brown, witli numerous dark fuscous transverse 

 striae; the costal area grey, with dense fuscous striae; first line at one-third, 

 marked by pale yellow spots between the veins : second line at two-thirds, marked 

 by a large pale yellow roundish subcostal blotch, sending a spur outwards along the 

 lower radial, and by a small yellow blotch on snbmedian fold ; a sinuous oblique 

 yellowish mark from ajiex ; cell-spot black, distinct : fringe concolorons. 



Uindwings : with black cell-spot, and an indistinct curved postmedian line of 

 small yellowish spots, visible only from inner margin to middle. 



Underside paler and duller. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with 

 wings ; antennae with shaft and basal joint jjale golden. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One <J from Cedar Bay, south of Cooktowu, Queensland (A. S. Meek;. 



