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Face and paljii vinous red; thorax and abdomen grey, varied with vinous 

 scales. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 

 1 ? from Larat (H. Kiihn). 

 Akin to L. rosacea Swinh. 



48. Lycauges (?) desueta sp. nov. 



Forewinys : pale grey, thickly dusted with darker ; the lines black, fine, and 

 very obliqne ; first from one-fourth of inner margin, slightly sinuous, to the black 

 cell-spot ; second from before middle of inner margin straight into apex ; third 

 from middle of inner margin slightly sinuous, otherwise j)arallel to second, 

 to hindmargin below apex ; the first line is jireceded and the third followed by a 

 parallel dark shade, and a similar shade runs from anal angle along hindmargin ; 

 marginal line black ; fringe grey. 



Ilimhrinqs : with a thick dark line at base, a small black cell-spot, followed 

 by two tine postmedian black lines and two dark shades. 



Underside pale grey, with black marginal line, the others only showing 

 through. Thorax and abdomen grey ; face, vertex and palpi black. The dark 

 lines of the hindwings are all produced across the abdomen. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



One ? from Roebourne, West Australia. 



The cell of forewing more than half as long as the wing. In the absence of 

 the c? it is referred to Lijciniges provisionally. 



49. Perixera recumbens sp. uov. 



Forewings : bone-colour, speckled witli ochreous grey and a few red atoms; 

 the outer lines olive grey, all more obliquely placed than usual ; first line curved, 

 marked by three vinous dots on the veins, and greyish tinted only towards inner 

 margin ; median line from quite two-thirds of costa to before middle of inner 

 margin, deeply dentate, the two teeth beyond the cell protruding far basewards ; 

 outer line from five-sixths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, lunulate dentate, 

 the teeth marked by vinous dots, the two beyond cell still more detached basewards 

 as well as the dot on vein 5 ; immediately followed by the inner submarginal 

 shade, which is obscure and irregular; the outer regular and Innulate ; a row 

 of distinct vinons marginal dots; fringe concolorous ; cell-spot very obscure, 

 ochreous grey. 



Hindwings: with two vinous dots close to base on median and submedian 

 veins ; the cell-spot sinuous, reddish, in the ¥ linear, in the S surrounded by a 

 somewhat triangular ]iatch of deep red scales, followed closely liy a thick central 

 shade ; the rest as in i'orewings. 



Underside pale, unspeckled ; cell-spots and spots of outer line reddish ; 

 marginal spots reddish in forewing only, which is only slightly reddish tinged 

 towards liase. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; the abdomen 

 with a lateral streak of red scales ; palpi bright red above ; face brown-red above, 

 both pale below. 



E.xpanse of wings : 39 mm. 



One (?, one ? from Florida, Solomon Islands, January 1901 (Meek). 



The space between middle and outer lines shows paler than the rest of the 



