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Tliorax ferviij^inotis sometimes mixorl dark ^vo.y, posfcrior mnrgin 

 suiruaod whiLiHli, Forewiiigs narrowly donga te-lanccohite, acnto ; 

 dull piiikisli, with elongate obscure patches of greyish or fuscous 

 suffusion ; some blackish irroration along costa towards base, and a 

 blotch on base of dorsum ; an irregular transverse whitish line at 1, 

 angulatcd near costa, edged with some black scales or irroration ; 

 a triangular dorsal blotch of black irroration in middle of wing, 

 including a rather strong tuft of scales ; an indistinct ochreous- 

 whitish lino along anterior edge of this from fold to costa at |, 

 where it is followed by some slight blackish irroration ; a whitish 

 irregular line from extremity of fold to costa before apex, edged 

 posteriorly black irroration : cilia light greyish, round apical area 

 dull pinkish with two blackish-grey shades interrupted opposite 

 apex. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey ; in ,5 with a few long 

 spreading hairs anteriorly beneath forewings. 



CniNA, Slianghai, bred in July from nest of wasp ; pupa in firm 

 white silken cocoon ; 3 ex. (type Coll. Joannis). Also Fed. AIaf^at 

 States, Port Swcttenham, bred in May from old coconut spikes ; 

 l:^ex. {Curbett). 



Pyroderces euryspora, n. sp. 



2 . 12 mm. Head, thorax whitish slightly mixed pale greyish 

 and tinged rosy. Palpi whitish, five rosy-grey bands and a sixth, 

 subapical blackish. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apical 

 cilia falcate ; pale pinkish, partially infuscatcd and mixed grey 

 irroration in disc ; two broad undefined fascife of black and whitish 

 irroration not quite reaching costal edge, first about -|, with small 

 subdorsal tuft on inner edge, second narrowly separated from first, 

 more outwards-oblique from dorsum, with large subdorsal tuft on 

 inner edge, posteriorly narrowly extended on costa to | ; from near 

 beyond second a wedgeshaped streak of similar irroration along 

 dorsum to apex, broadest and truncate anteriorly : cilia light 

 pinkish irrorated grey, some black scales at base, tips whitish, a 

 short slightly excurved blackish line before tips on median part of 

 tcrraen. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Fiji, Nadi, bred in July from cotton-bolls {Simmonds) ; 1 ex. 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



Pyroderces calefacta, n. sp. 



5 . 7-8 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sometimes slightly sprinkled 

 grey. Palpi whitish, second and terminal joints each with three 

 dark fuscous rings. Thorax ochreous-whitish irrorated dark fuscous. 

 Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; 

 brownish irrorated grey; base mixed white; a slightly oblitpie 

 transverse irregular white streak at ^, paitially edged black 

 anteriorly and including a minute black dot near costa; a tri- 

 angular dorsal blotch of blackish irroration in middle of wing, 

 including a black tuft on anterior edge, margined by whitish 

 streaks inceling on costa; beyond this an irregular streak of 



