BY E. MEYRICK, B,A., F.E.S. 247 



curved bend in middle : cilia blackish. Hind wings deep ochreous- 

 yellow ; a moderate blackish hindmarginal band, attenuated at 

 extremities, rather broader on upper half, anterior edge shaped as 

 in forewings ; cilia blackish. 

 Five specimens (2 ft, 3 Q). 



STROPHIDIAD^. 



I substitute this name for that previously adopted, Micr<miadm } 

 on the consideration that, as the genus Micronia, Gn., has no 

 existence, being in fact a synonym of Strophidia, Hb., the name 

 Micro niadce has no justification ; it may also be argued that my 

 family is essentially different from that of Guenee, who included 

 in it even sundry Nbctuina and other discordant genera, but the 

 forme'- point is the essential one. 



Stesichora, Meyr. 

 10. ISies. sphcertstis, n. sp. 



£. 54 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs white ; face and 

 palpi blackish ; antennae pale ochreous ; anterior legs dark fuscous 

 above. Forewings moderate, hindmargin gently rounded, slightly 

 waved, oblique ; white ; two or three round black dots on costa 

 near base ; three small irregular black dots on costa near base ; 

 three small irregular black spots on costa between these and 

 middle, variable in position ; a similar spot on costa towards apex, 

 a larger very irregular apical one, two others almost marginal 

 below apex, lower very small, beneath this an almost marginal 

 dot ; a very fine blackish hindmarginal line : cilia white. Hind- 

 wings with hindmargin rounded, crenulate, with a short projection 

 in middle ; white ; two roundish black spots on extremities of 

 veins 6 and 7, and a somewhat larger almost marginal spot on 

 mediiin projection ; a black dot on extremities of veins 3 and 5 ; 

 hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



Although this differs considerably from 8. puellaria, it might 

 possibly prove to be only a form of that species : it does not differ 

 structurally except in having veins 3 and 4 of the hindwings from 

 a point, which is very probably not constant. 



One specimen. 



