306 EXOTIC MICnOLEPIDOPTERA. 



beneath and scales triangularly expinided above, suffused oclireous 

 except apical edge, teriuinal joint longer than second, anterior 

 edge dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Torewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, obliiiue; greyish-ochreous; 

 stigmata obscure, indistinct, fuscous, plical rather obliquely before 

 first discal ; a small blackish-grey elongate mark on middle of 

 costa, preceded and followed by ochreous-whitish suffusion ; a tine 

 blackish-grey marginal line round apex, and two or three dark 

 grey dots separated by whitish on each side of it : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, slightly tinged brownish. Hindwiugs slate-grey ; cilia 

 light grey. 



Java, Buitenzorg, bred in March from larva on Brklelia tomentosa 

 (Eaphorbiaceae) {Dr. lioepke) ; one specimen. Type in British 

 Museum. 



Dichomeris oceanis, n. sp. 



(S 5 . 18-20 mm. Head grey, sidetufts more or less tinged 

 ochreous. Palpi dark ashy-grey, second joint with rough expanded 

 hairs above and long broad rough tuft beneath, apical edge whitish, 

 terminal joint longer than second, whitish, anterior edge dark 

 grey. Thorax ochreous, a central stripe of grey suffusion, shoulders 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen J ochreous-whitish, ventral surface and a 

 series of oblique lateral bars dark grey, anal tuft grey, $ wholly 

 suffused grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly 

 sinuate, somewhat oblique ; oclireous, faintly greenish-tinged ; a 

 narrow dark indigo-blue irregular-edged streak along costa from 

 base to near middle, its apex sending a lighter blue streak to first 

 discal stigma ; beyond this on costa three dark fuscous oblique 

 striguloe tipped bluish, and then an elongate dark fuscous mark 

 terminated beneath by a small bluish mark ; stigmata approximated, 

 black, plical beneath first discal, these somewhat elongate and 

 connected by a dark grey spot, second discal forming a transverse 

 mark tipped bluish, connected with preceding by two short grey 

 streaks or some faint suffusion ; a narrow dark grey fascia along 

 termen from before tornus to apex, anterior extremity sending a 

 slender suffused streak to lower end of second discal stigma, 

 terminal edge finely whitish : cilia light brownish-ochreous, ochre- 

 ous-whitish median and ajiical shades, base finely blackish, tornal 

 area grey. Hiudwings grey, in J paler anteriorly ; cilia grey, 

 base darker. 



Japan, bred in Hawaiian Is. from plants imported from Japan 

 (Ji. C. L. FerJcins) ; two specimens. 



STRYPHNOCOPA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antenna) |, in J simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi verj' long, recurved, second joint thickened with scales 



