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2(<. Monobolodes rectifascia sj). nov. 



Forewings : dark purplish slate-colour, in certain lights appearing lilnish or 

 leaden-colonrod ; thickly and confnspdlv' striiited tlironsrhont wit1i darker ; tlio two 

 lines darker, brownish j>nrple ; the first very indistinct, apparently strongly cnrvod 

 outwards in middle, as in J/, subfalcata, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of 

 inner margin, where alone it is plain ; second, broader and diffuse, nearly straight, 

 from two-thirds of costa to^^three-fourths of inner margin, before whicli it is faintly 

 indented : fringe darker, slightly metallic, prcccilcd by a lino fcrrnginons line, which 

 extends round the apex along the costa ; a faint submarginal shade. 



Ilindivings : somewhat paler, with only the outer line, which is curved, more 

 concise, pnrjdish brown mixed with ferruginous. 



Underside uniform dull greyish slate-colour. Head, thorax, and abdomen all 

 concolorons ; face and palpi slightly deeper. 



Expanse of wings : 25 mm. 



Three ? ? from Suer, Mefor, May and June l.>0: (W. Doherty). 



Differs from the type sjiecies ^^. sudifdJcutd AVarr. from Queensland in tlio outer 

 line being nearly straight, not strongly bulged lielow the middle. 



20. Paradirades farinosa sp. nov. 



ForPAcings : pale grey, thickly powdered with darker slightly ochreous strigae ; 

 the costa somewhat darker-marked, but without any distinct dark spots ; no distinct 

 markings ; a dull diti'use dark spot on discocellnlar, and an irregular dark blotch 

 before middle of hindmargin, through which can [sometimes be traced a line 

 submarginal line ; fringe concolorons, with rather darker basal line. 



Ilii)dicings : sometimes with faint traces of an antemedian and postmedian 

 darker line ; the striae generally denser before hindmargin. 



Face and palpi deep chocolate-brown ; head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 

 Underside wholly dull grey. 



Expanse of wings : 16 mm. 



One ?, four S d , from St. Aignan, September — November 1897 (Meek). 



Distinguished at once by the absence of all defined markings. 



Family GEOMETRIDAE. 



Subfamily OENOCHROMINAE. 



3(J. Noreia venusta sp. nov. 



Forewingi^ : leaden grey ; the costal edge, the cell-spot, the fringe, and the 

 three transverse lines deep rosy ; first line obscnre, at one-third ; postmedian line 

 at two-thirds, incurved to submedian fold below the cell-spot, then vertical ; sub- 

 marginal line parallel throughout to hindmargin; ])oth formed of sagittate markings 

 between the veins. 



Ilindivings : the same. 



Underside with the cell-spots blackish, and the lines dark grey: fringe reddish. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; face and palpi brown-black. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



One d from Mount Dulit, Borneo, February — March 1894 (Hose). 



