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hyaline, the base yellowish; cell C light brown, Se dark brown; a heavy 
brown pattern distributed as follows: bases of cells R and M, continued 
into cells Cu and first A; a large, quadrate area at origin of Ks, barely 
reaching M; a crossband extending from the stigma across the wing 
along the cord, leaving a pale spot in cell first M2; wing-tip rather nar- 
rowly dark brown, including the distal two-fifths of cells R2, R3, and R5 ; 
all of Mi and the extreme tip of second M2; a brown cloud beyond mid- 
length of cell second A; veins brown, yellow at the base of the wing. 
Venation: Cell second Ri very small, triangular; cell MZ about as long 
as its petiole; basal deflection of Cui at about one-third the length of cell 
first M2. 
Abdomen violaceous, the third segment reddish. Ovipositor elongate, 
orange, the tips darkened. 
Hab.—New South Wales. 
Holotype, female, Blackheath, January, 1904 (le. Helms). 
Type in the Bishop Museum. 
This species is dedicated to the memory of the collector. 
GENUS ERIOCERA MACQUART. 
Eriocera praelata, sp. n. 
Male. Length, 24 mm.; wing, 24 mm. 
By Edwards’ Key to the Old World species of Hriocera, the present 
species runs down to FL. mesopyrrha (Wiedemann), from which it differs 
as follows: 
Size very large, one of the largest species of the genus known. Antennal 
scape dark brown, the flagellum obscure yellow, the terminal segments 
darker. Head dark brown, the vertical tubercle small, comical. Mesonotal 
praescutum rich reddish brown, the remainder of the mesonotum darker; 
seutellum conspicuously protuberant. Pleura brown. Legs with the fore 
and middle femora reddish brown, the tips narrowly infuscated; posterior 
femora dark brown, the bases brighter. Wings rich brown with a broad 
but diffuse yellowish crossband, this lying mostly proximad of the cord; 
base of anal cells similarly brightened; distal third of costal region dark 
brown; the yellow discal band includes the bases of cells R3 and first M2; 
veins pale brown. Venation: Ks spurred at origin; 7 about one and one- 
half times its length beyond the fork of Rs; M2 shorter than the petiole 
of cell M1; vein second A strongly sinuous, bent strongly toward vein 
first A at the tip so the large cell second A is narrower at the margin 
than is cell Cu. Abdomen rich reddish brown, segments one and five to 
nine brownish-black, the caudal margins of tergites two to four narrowly 
darkened; basal half of tergite two shiny; hypopygium black. 
Hab.—China. 
Holotype, male, Macao (F. Muir). 
Type in the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station. 
