138 EXOTIC MTCROLEI'IDOrTKRA. 



Hyponomeuta tyrodes, n, sp. 



S . 29 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-yellowish, thorax 

 "with several large black dots (iiijuredj. (Palpi broken.) Abdomen 

 pale greyish, aiuil tuit whitish. Eorewiiigs elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 rather oblique ; light ochreous-yellowish ; costal edge blackish on 

 hasal 1^ ; about fit'ty-tv^'o moderate black dots, viz. a row of about 

 seven beneath costa from base to midcile, a row of seven from 

 beneath this before ^ to near costa at ~, a row of three boneath 

 this beyond middle, a supramedian row of about seven from before 

 middle to |^, a submedian row of about nine, a subdorsal row of 

 about seven, and about a dozen irregularly placed towards termen: 

 cilia yellow-whitish, yellower towards base. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 an elongate rather ill-defined hyaline patch beneath cell towards 

 base, its lower edge striated ; cilia grey-whitish, greyer towards 

 base. 



Japan ; one specimen. 



Hyponomeuta liberalis, n. sp. 



5 . 24 mm. Head and palpi white. Tliorax white, with a black 

 dot on shoulder, and one on each side of back. Abdomen pale 

 greyish, segmental margins white. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather oblique; shining white; about 

 seventeen rather large black dots, viz. one on costa near base, three 

 just beneath costa between this and S-, one near base in middle, 

 two nearly longitudinally placed in disc about g, two towards dorsum 

 at 5 and middle, one towards costa in middle, one or two beneath 

 costa posteriorly, two above fold posteriorly, and three or four on 

 or near termen from apex to near tornus : cilia m hite, outer half 

 light grey on termen. Hindwings light grey, dorsum and tornus 

 suffused with white ; an undefined subhyahne patch beneath cell 

 at base; cilia w^hite, round apex and upper part of termen suffused 

 with pale greyish. 



QuEEjfSLAND, Mackay; one specimen. 



Hyponomeuta leucothorax, n. sp. 



(5 2 • 22-24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; «i and 4 connate 

 or short-stalked ; shining white ; about fifty black dots, viz. a row 

 of five or six just beneath costa on anterior half, a row of about 

 seven from beneath this at | to near costa at |, about twenty 

 scattered in posterior part of disc and towards termen, a sub- 

 median row of about ten above fold, and a subdorsal row of seven : 

 cilia white. Hindwings and cilia white ; an elongate subhyaline 

 patch beneath cell at base. 



