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anal angle as a faint ochreoiis streak ; tlie two black siwts large and not flattened, 

 preceded towards anal angle by a small black dash. 



Underside of both wings without transverse bands, the hindwings also withont 

 the marginal border, bnt with the two black tail spots ; forewings with tiie marginal 

 border grey-brown, widening round apex ; the costal edge narrowly grey through- 

 out. Thorax and abdomen white ; vertex grey with fillet whitish ; face black 

 above, white below ; paljii white, except the upper side of second segment which is 

 black ; fore-tibiae grey-brown. 



Expanse of wings : OH mm. 



One cJ from K. Aroa, British New Guinea (Weiske). 



1-t. Cyphura subsimilis sp. nov. 



Like C. costalis Butler on tlie upper side, bnt in the liiudwings, of the three 

 black spots between anal angle and tail, the middle one only is oval, that nearest 

 the angle is flattened and jiartly lost in the brown streak, while tlie outer one is 

 wedge-shajied, running out into the tooth. The inner brown streak of the hindwings 

 does not actually join the outer, bnt is shortly angulated to inner margin before 

 reaching it. On the underside, however, there is considerable difference. The 

 forewings have no discal streak or band, only a narrow grey marginal shade 

 exiuiudiiig into a quadrate blotch at apex ; in the hindwings the outer band is 

 usually much narrower than above, running out into the tail and crenulate to anal 

 angle, the black spots not being marked bnt absorbed in the crenulations of the 

 grey-brown band ; the inner band of the hindwings is much fainter than above and 

 abbreviated towards costa. 



Exjianse of wings : <S , 52—56 mm ; ¥,56—60 mm. 



Three ? ?, three 6S from Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands, Aiiril, Mav 1001 

 (Meek). 



15. Micronia dilatistriga sp. nov. 



Distinguished from ^r.)llst,u■k(, Wlk., to which it is most nearly allied, as well as 

 from all the otlier species of the genus, by the very broad greyish ochreous bands ; 

 of these the middle one is always the broadest, and sometimes bent iu the centre, 

 and the inner one is as strongly marked as the outer ; the black costal strigae are 

 most numerous in the basal and median jiortions, becoming obsolete towards apex, 

 whereasin /Vi/a/va the ajiical strigae are strongly expressed; the very fine dark 

 marginal line is often quite obsolete, and in these instances the finer strigulae 

 of the basal and marginal areas are also more or less wanting. In the hindwings 

 the spot before and the dash in the tooth are much reduced. The underside of the 

 <? is grey throughout excejit towards apex of forewings, which is whitish : the hind- 

 margins are deeper grey and the fringe silvery-white. The wiug-membraue beyond 

 the jjarting of veins 2 and 3 is slightly puckered, and paler in tint. 



Expanse of wings : c?, 52 mm, ; ? , 54 mm. 



Four 6i, four ? ?, from Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands, April, May, 1901 

 (Meek). 



16. Micronia obliterata sp. nov. 



Forewivgs : white, with very faint ochreous striae in places ; two pale ochreons 

 transverse lines parallel to hindmargin, the first from beyond middle of inner margin. 



