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wards ; second from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, parallel to 

 liindiiiargin, insinuate somewhat be^-ond cell and on suLmedian fold ; a large black 

 cell-spot ; two cloudy fuscous submarginal shades, between wliich the submarginal 

 line is obscurely visible ; fringe (worn) fuscous cheijuered with dark. 



Ilindicing : paler, more cinereous ; with the outer line and shades obscurely 

 expressed. 



Underside dull fuscous, unmarked. 



Vertex and thorax fuscous ; abdomen cinereous, the lateral tufts dark ; face 

 and palpi blackish. 



Expanse of wings : X!0 mm. 



1 c? from the north side of Choiseul Island, December 1903 (Meek). 



A dull and iucouspicuous insect. 



69. Xenoecista persimilis spec. nov. 



Very close to A', ochracea Warr. (described as a Peridela, but better placed in 

 Xenoedsta) from Guadalcauar, but differing in the following particulars : the double 

 black blotch in the submarginal line, touching the outer line, is absent, its place 

 being taken by two faintly darker blotches, often not visible ; the median line in 

 both wings is simple, brown, not followed by the doable loop seen in ochracea; 

 the dark strong outer line in hindwing is obsolete or very faint ; the first three 

 segments of abdomen are marked with pairs of black spots ; the cell-spots are 

 black and distinct, and both wings are thickly dusted with black atoms ; the sub- 

 marginal line is represented by a series of pale spots. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



'i i$ from New Georgia, Solomons, March 19iJ4 (Meek). 



Both siK'cies arc developments of Scmiothisa rather than of Go)iodela, and 

 may be placed, for the present at all events, in the iS. American genus Xenoecista. 



Subfamily ENNOMINAE. 

 TO. Hyposidra rauca spec. nov. 



ForewiiKj : brownish fuscous, roughly and loosely scaled ; without markings, 

 except a diffuse darker central shade containing the black cell-spot ; i'ringe 

 concolorous. 



Himhving : similar, the shade antemedian. 



Underside like upperside. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. 



Expanse of wings : 4t) mm. 



1 S from (Jagayan Sulu, north of Borneo (D. f'ator). 



The antennae are very strongly plumose. liindmargiu of forewing without any 

 excision, faintly sinuous, the apex rounded and slightly prominent ; hindwing with 

 slight tooth at vein 4. 



Tl. Hyposidra vittata spec. nov. 



Furewimj : brown-black, with a broad cream-white postmcdian fascia angled 

 on vein 3 and constricted just below it ; a small whitish apical blotch. 

 llindwimj : with the fascia curved ; fringes concolorous. 

 Underside the same, but the ground-colour brown and the fascia yellowish. 



