160 J. HARTLEY DURRANI ON MICROLEPIDOPTERA 



Hah. — Base Camp, Nov. 1912. Unique. 



On the under side both wings are divided into fulvous and blackish areas as on the 

 upper side, but the forewings lack the purplish colour and the white spots are not visible. 



Perhaps nearest to conspicua Wlsni., but of more elongate form, and differing from 

 all described species in the more restricted fulvous area of the wings. 



Epidictica Trnr. 

 Epidictica dicroa, sp. n. (Dint.) 



Antennae orange, basal joint canary-yellow. Palpi canary-yellow (broken). Head 

 orange, face canary-yellow. Thorax purplish ferruginous. Forewings canary-yellow, 

 becoming orange-yellow beyond the cell, along the costa, and around the termen and 

 dorsum, with a broad purplish ferruginous transverse fascia, from beyond the middle 

 of the costa to the tornus, extending triangularly inward along the upper edge of the 

 cell and narrowly connected wath a basal patch of mixed orange and ferruginous scales — 

 the fascia is also produced outwardly, furcate toward the costa and termen, and fading 

 into the orange-yellow marginal suffusion ; cilia bright orange ; under side dull orange, 

 the markings scarcely traceable. Exp. al. 26 mm. Hindwings and cilia reddish orange. 

 Abdomen ferruginous. Legs dull orange. 



Type (J (350335) B.M. 



Hab. — Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. Unique. 



Closely allied to Epidictica thiospila Trnr., with which it agrees in having FW. 7-8. 

 stalked, 7 to termen, and HW. 4-5 stalked, 6-7 separate. Meyrick sinks Epidictica 

 Trnr. under Lactura Wkr.— perhaps both will eventually fall into Mieza Wkr. 



Lactura Wkr. 



Lactura conflagrans Wkr. 



§ Sarbena conflagrans Wkr., Cat. Lep. B.M. 31, 256-7 (1864). Buxeta confl^a^jrans Wkr., Cat. Lep. 

 B.M. 35, 1982 (1866) ; Wlsm. & Drnt. Cat. East, cfc Austr. Lep-Het. Oxf. Mus. 2, 561, sp. 3665 (1900). 



Hab. — Utakwa Eiver, sea-level, Nov. 1912. 

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Lactura anthina, sp. n. (Drnt.) 

 Antennae ferruginous ; basal joint orange- ochreous. Palpi orange-ochreous. Head 

 and Thorax orange-ochreous, somewhat tinged with ferruginous. Forewings yellow- 

 ochreous, with a purphsh ferruginous patch on the middle of the costa, curving back- 

 ward to vein 1, where it is absorbed in the ferruginous orange suffusion which occupies 

 the dorsal area below the fold, emitting upward two shght extensions, one before 

 and one beyond the end of the cell ; there is also a somewhat elongate costal patch 

 before the apex, on the ochreous apical area which is tinged with orange toward the 



