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Cacoecia salaconis, n. sp. 



$ . 26 ram. Head whitish-ochreous partially tinged with pale 

 grey and brownish. Palpi pale ochreous sprinkled with brownish. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, anterior margin and posterior extremity 

 whitish -ochreous. Abdomen whitish -ochreous irrorated with 

 fuscous. Eorevvings subobloiig, moderately broad, costa anteriorly 

 strongly arched, somewhat prominent before middle, concave ou 

 posterior half, apex round-pointed, rather prominent, termen 

 concave beneath apex, strongly rounded-prominent on lower half, 

 reaching further than apex ; light brown, sprinkled especially 

 ])osteriorly with grey-whitish ; basal patch and costal half of space 

 between this and central fascia suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, 

 edge of basal patch running from ^ of costa to f of dorsum, 

 obtusely angulated below middle, indicated on upper portion by 

 two or three small dark rod-brown marks : central fascia from 

 before middle of costa to dorsum before tornus, on costal half dark 

 red-brown, narrow, irregular, in disc interrupted above and below 

 middle, on dorsal portion somewhat broader, suffused, reddish- 

 brown sprinkled with dark fuscous ; an elongate dark red-brown 

 mark along costa from middle to 4- ; a fuscous striga before termen 

 from aj)ex to tornus : cilia whitish-ochreous, tips brownish on 

 termen, becoming dark fuscous round apex. Hindwiugs grey, 

 extreme apex tinged with pale brownish ; cilia whitish-grey, 



Philippines, Miudoro, Laguna de Naujan, near sea-level, in 

 March {Moiinseij) ; one specimen. 



MEGALODORIS, n. g. — " 



Head smooth-scaled. Palpi moderately long, porrected, smooth- 

 scaled, terminal joint rather short. Antennae in c? simple or 

 minutely ciliated. Thorax without crest. Forewings with ii from 

 angle, 7 separate, to apex. Hindwings without basal pecten ; 

 '6 and 4 connate or closely approximated at base, 5 approximated, 

 6 and 7 approximated at base. 



Type stephaidtls Meyr, I refer here also heliaula Meyr, and 

 thiasodes Meyr. ; all these were formerly included in Cerace. 



Megalodoris electrina, n. sp. 



2 ■ 36-38 mm. Head, antennfc, and palpi blue-blackish, palpi 

 nearly 3. Thorax deep blue or indigo. Abdomen purple-blackish 

 (apex in one specimen with loose pale ochreous woolly hairs). 

 Forewings suboblong, moderately broad, costa anteriorly strongly, 

 posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, little 

 oblique: bright deep orange; base very narrowly blackish-blue, 

 very shortly and slenderly produced along costa* and dorsum ; a 

 deep purple or indigo-blackish terminal fascia, its anterior edge 

 running from beyond i| of costa to dorsum before tornus, somewhat 

 concave, in one specimen angulated above middle, this fascia in cue 



