460 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



fuscous striga from costa at ;\, and two posteriori j' ; a narrow brown 

 longitudinal streak from base of costa to middle of termen sending 

 from its middle a thicker and posteriorly darker streak to costa at 

 I ; a brown streak along fold from near base finely attenuated 

 anteriorly, dilated posteriorly and blackish-edged above, continued 

 as a moderate brown partially blackish-mixed fascia along termen 

 to apex; some brown suffusion along anterior half of dorsum: 

 cilia ochreous- whitish, towards base sprinkled dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Ceylon, Negombo, October, bred from coconut (FTutson) ; 2 ex. 

 (typo in Brit. Mus.). Also Java, Pokalongan, 1 ex. in Leyden 

 Mus. 



HELIODINID.E. 



Hieromantis praemiata, n. sp. 



J .10 mm. Head, palpi shining pearl-whitish. Thorax very 

 pale grey, bronzy-ochreous stripes on inner side of patagia and each 

 side of back not reaching posterior margin. Forewings very pale 

 grey ; a narrow pale ochreous-yellow almost basal fascia ; a large 

 round black spot ringed with pale ochreous-yellow and centred with 

 a white dot resting on middle of dorsum ; a similar round black 

 spot obliquely above and beyond this but uot touching it, edged 

 anteriorly with a white mark and otherwise with pale ochreous- 

 yellow extended upwards as a narrow fascia to costa, and con- 

 taining a silvery mark ; a narrow transverse pale ochreous-yellow 

 fascia beyond middle ; apical third of wing darker grey, edged 

 anteriorly by a whitish streak: cilia grey, paler towards tornus. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Fiji, mountains near Lautoka, April {Greemvood) ; 1 ex. (Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Stathmopoda effossa, n. sp. 



cJ . 13 mm. Head shining pale ochreous. Palpi whitish. 

 Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings very narrow, widest near base, 

 thence narrowed to acute apex ; pale ochreous ; a dark grey 

 costal streak from base to 4 ; ^ broader light grey dorsal streak 

 from base to tornus, its median third suffused ferruginous, a small 

 darker grey spot on upper edge of its extremity ; apical area 

 tinged grey and ferruginous ; cilia light greyish-ochreous Hind- 

 wings i)ale grey ; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 



South Austkalia, xidelaide, October; I ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Stathmopoda ruhripicta,n. sp. 



$ . 12 mm. Head pale greyish, a red bar on crown, face 

 brassy-whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish. Thorax pale 

 greyish, four red longitudinal marks. Forewings very narrow, 

 widest near base, acute ; whitish ochreous tinged grey ; an obscure 

 pale fuscous longitudinal streak in median third of disc, dilated 



