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Subfamily EL'MELEINAE. 

 Mecoceridae <iueu. 

 Eumelea Westw., Dune. N(d. Lihr., xxxvii., p. 215. 



The name is thus spelt, and the derivation apjjended in a footnote, " ev /j.€\ea, 

 j)lural of ^eXo9,'" in allusion to the long legs and antennae of the species of the genus. 

 On the plate, however, which immediately precedes tlie descriptive letterpress, tlie 

 word is spelt Eumeliit. This is manifestly a typical error, and. in face of the positive 

 exi)lanation on p. 215, cannot be allowed to stand. 



Eumelea degener sp. nov. 



cJ. Eorewings yellow, wholly suffused with bright rosv ; the three lines finelv 

 purple rosy. Hindwings rather deeper rosy. Underside dull yellow dappled with rosy, 

 with the lines purple ro.sy. 



5. Pale yellow, dusted with rusty atoms, witli the lines rusty grey, tlie sub- 

 terminal being comi)OSed of small hlotclies, which are .sometimes subcontinuous. On 

 the underside these lilotches have a purpHsh tinge. 



Expanse of wings : S, 34 mm. ; ? , 36 mm. 



Distinguished at once bj' its diminutive size. 



Several examples, all from Lifu. 



Eumelea obliquifascia sp. nov. 



Forewings : (J orange thickly suffused with rosy, so that the ground colour is 

 almost lo.st, except at the extreme apex ; costa blackish ; first line hardly indicated ; 

 discal ringlet fairly distinct ; second and third lines purple rosy, the second run-nin;/ 

 obliquely from costn to inner margin, parallel totheliindmargin. Hindwings : c? like 

 forewings, with two lines less di.stinct. Forewings : 5 yellow, with the markings 

 rusty red ; hindwings the same. In this sex the yellow ground colour is only slightlv 

 dusted with rusty atoms. Distinguislied from all other species by the direction of 

 the .second line. 



Expanse of wings : J, 52 to 5() mm. ; ? , 58 mm. 



P'onr c? <S and one 5 , from Felder collection, from Amlx)ina. One of the J* ^J 

 is labelled Eumelea rosalia Cram. ; but the}' do not answer to Cramer's figure any 

 more than others of the genus. 



Hedyle Gnen. 

 Hedyle Guen., Phal., ii., p. 521. 

 Type : H. heliconaria Guen., I.e., p. 522. 

 fiuen^e knew only the S. To the particulars of his diagnosis must he added : 

 antennae of $ pectinated as well as ^ ; neuration of hindwings in d .simi)le. 



Hjrphedyle gen. nov. 



Resembles IMi/le Guen., in having the hindwings of the d simple; but differs 

 from that genus in the structure of (he antennae of (he d, which an- (hickly ciliated, 

 not pectinated. 



Type : Hyphedyle ruhedinariii N\'lk. (I'hellinodea). 



