HELIOIilXIDJI. 



Stathmopoda glyceropa, n. sp. 



S 2 • lS-20 mm. Head and pal])i shining prismatic ochreous- 

 wlutish, crowu more ochreous-tinged. Thorax whitish-ochreous, 

 margins ferruginous-brown. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, basal 

 segment white. Posterior tibite with three rough bristly tufts of 

 fuscous hairscales, basal joint of tarsi with similar tuft. Fore- 

 wings very narrow, widest near base, thence narrowed to acute 

 apex ; glossy lilac-fuscous, on dorsal half suffused with dark 

 violet-grey ; base of dorsum suffused with ochreous ; two semioval 

 dorsal blotches, in c5' white, in 5 whitish-ochreous, their edges 

 tinged with ferruginous, first extending from i- to beyond 5, 

 reaching | across wing, second shorter, before |, reaching | across 

 wing; apical area ochreous-tinged : cilia light ochreous, towards 

 tornus tinged with brown. Hindwings grey, towards base paler 

 and j'ellowish-tinged ; cilia pale greyish, becoming pale yellow 

 towards lower part of termen and dorsum, especially in cj' . 



KiiODESiA, Salisbury, in August and September, " bred from figs " 

 (Jack). Very near maculata but apparently distinct ; in that 

 species (which I possess) the blotches are larger, especially the 

 second, and extend further across wing, the groundcolour deej) 

 ferruginous ; the figure of maculata shows the form of the blotches 

 very accurately. 



Stathmopoda praealbata, n. sp. 



c?. 11 mm. Head dark bronzy, face shining bronzy-whitish. 

 Palpi whitish. Thorax dark purplish-bronze, with a white spot on 

 each side of back posteriorly. Forewings narrow, widest at \, 

 thence narrowed to acute apex; shining dark purple-l)ronze ; two 

 moderately broad whitish-yellowish transverse fasciae not quite 

 reaching costal edge, margined with dark fuscous, first before ^, 

 rather irregular, narrower near costa, second at |^, nearly evenly 

 broad, with a short irregular projection beneath costa posteriorly : 

 cilia grey, on costa whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grej'. 



Bexgal, Pusa, in July (Fletcher); one specimen. Belongs to the 

 anconias group, and distinct by whitish costal cilia. 



Eretmocera rubripennis, n. sp. 



S. 11-12 mm. Head and thorax rather dark bronzy-grey. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, anterior edge of terminal joint suflPused with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen orange more or less tinged with rosy, 

 anal tuft dark fuscous on sides. Forewings lanceolate ; glossy 

 rather dark bronzy-grey ; sometimes some whitish-ochreous suffu- 

 sion on fold at 5 of wing ; a cloudy whitish-ochreous spot on 

 costa at 1^, and another on dorsum towards tornus obliquely before 

 it : cilia bronzy-grey. Hindwings light rose-pink, apex and some- 

 times upper part of terminal edge dark grey ; cilia pale rose-pink, 

 round apex and upper part of termen grey. 



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