34 July, 



dark fusc-ous and ochreous-wliitisli. Abdomen ochreous-wliitish. Anterior and 

 middle legs fuscous, with ochreous-whitish rings at apex of joints ; posterior legs 

 ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with fuscous. Fore-wings moderate, oblong, costa gently 

 arched, apex almost acute, liind margin slightly sinuate, moderately oblique ; pale 

 fuscous, densely irrorated with darker fuscous; an indistinct, short, linear, dark 

 fuscous mark in middle of disc ; the three discal dots hardly indicated ; faint traces 

 of a paler angulated posterior transverse line : cilia pale fuscous, irrorated with darker 

 fuscous. Hind- wings whitish-grey, more whitish towards base ; cilia whitish, with 

 two grey lines. 



Two specimens. 



AuTOMOLA, n. g. ^. UjX^^'.vhV^jt'l^tlAhiW'l^ 

 Head smooth ; tongue long. Thorax smooth. Antennae rather ^ 

 stout, slightly serrate, simple, basal joint moderate, simple. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary, short, drooping ; labial palpi moderately long, re- 

 curved ; second joint broadly thickened with dense appressed scales ; 

 terminal joint somewhat shorter than second, rather stout, acute. 

 Abdomen moderate, distinctly margined. Posterior tibiae with dense i 

 appressed hairs. Fore- wings elongate ; hind-wings trapezoidal, as 

 broad as fore-wings, hind margin markedly sinuate beneath apex, cilia 

 moderate (f ). Fore-wings with eleven veins, 2 and 3 stalked from 

 just before angle of cell, 7 to costa. Hind-wings with eight veins, 3 

 and 4 stalked from angle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Doubtless allied to the two preceding genera, but differing from 

 them and almost the whole family in the possession of only eleven 

 veins in the fore-wings , this exceptional structure is evidently due to 

 the coalescence of the normal veins 7 and 8, which coincide for their 

 whole length, instead of for a portion only. 



A. pelodes, n. sp. 



d . 15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs whitish-ochreous, 

 thinly sprinkled with fuscous ; second joint of palpi externally densely irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, terminal joint with a slender blackish median ring. Fore-wings 

 moderately elongate, cost* moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind-margin obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous, somewhat suffused with ochreous, and thinly sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous ; a blackish dot at base of costa ; a small blackish dot in disc 

 before middle, a second rather obliquely beyond it on fold, and a third more con- 

 spicuous in disc beyond middle ; a row of blackish dots between veins on hind 

 margin and apical fourth of costa : cilia whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. 

 Hind-wings whitish-ochreous, slightly greyish-tinged ; cdia whitish-ochreous. 



This is the species considered by Mr. Butler to be synonymous 

 with the Australian convictella, Walk. It would be alike unexpected 

 and interesting to find any species native to both Australia and the 

 Hawaiian Islands ; but, as a matter of fact, convictella, Walk., belongs 



