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Underside shining white ; the forewiiigs tinged witli yellowish towards costa. 

 Face, palpi, vertex, antennae, forelegs, and extreme edge of costa orange-fnlvons ; 

 thorax and abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



One ? from Apia, Upoln (Woodford). 



Superficially like a small Bii/it(t. It is referred to Stcrrlia provisionally, the 

 hindtibiae of the ? having a single i)air of spnrs. 



Strophoptila gen. nov 



<?. Foreicings : elongate ; costa straight, rounded towards apex, which is 

 likewise blnntly rounded: hindmargin curved, bent at vein 3 and more obliipie below 

 it ; the anal angle rounded ofi". 



Hindwinqs : triangular ; the costal margin short : hindmargin little curved, and 

 bent at vein 3; inner margin very long, folded over beneath, and containing a furrow 

 with rough hairs. 



Antennae almost filiform: paljn slender, porrect: hindtibiae and tarsi thickened 

 and clothed with coarse scales, withont spnrs. 



Neiiration : forewings, cell about half the length of wing : first median from 

 just beyond middle, second well before angle of cell : 1 1 anastomosing with stalk 

 of 7, 8, 9, lu to form a single areole. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked : medians as 

 in forewiugs: Forewings beneath with a bed of coarse scales at base. 



Type : Strojihopfihi informi!< sj). nov. 



87. Strophoptila informis sp. nov. 



Foreivinqii : ochreons grey, with an olive tinge; the costa and lines pale ochreous; 

 the first, near base, enrved ; second, in middle, nearly straight ; third submargiual, 

 forming a slight sinus outwards from vein 2 to 4 ; fringe ochreons, with a darker 

 basal line, which is here and there preceded by faint ochreous spots. 



Hindwings : the same, the inner line very faint. 



Underside paler and duller ; the hindwings whitish. Head, thorax, ami 

 abdomen ochreous grey ; face dark brown ; eyes large, reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



One S from the Khasias. 



This species is evidently related to Acidalia lihoerdcopte.ra Hnipsn. from 

 Ceylon, but in that the oidcr margin is folded over beneath, and the present species 

 has no vestige of red scales. 



88. Traminda nigripuncta sp. nov. 



Foreivings : dull green, the fringe concolorous ; cell-spot black, distinct ; an 

 obscure oblique line from costa before apex to inner margin at two-thirds, indicated 

 only by the difference in the shades of green. 



Ilindwinga : with the cell-spot white, the line central and slightly curved; very 

 faint traces of a waved darker submarginal line. 



Underside yellowish green, unmarked : the fringe and marginal line reddish. 

 Face, palpi, forelegs, and collar red : vertex white ; thorax and abdomen green. 



Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



Two ? ? from Liberia. 



The apex of forewiugs is slightly produced, the hindmargin sinuate: hindwings 

 with distinct tooth in middle of hindmargin. 



