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Marasmia, Ld. 

 Marasmia hemicrossa, n. s. 



g 2 > 16 — 17 min. Head fuscous, margins of face slenderly 

 white. Palpi dark fuscous, beneath white towards base. Antennae 

 pale greyish-ochreous. Thorax fuscous, becoming white pos- 

 teriorly. Abdomen whitish, base and lateral hairs of anal seg- 

 ment in male fuscous. Legs white, anterior tibia? fuscous. Fore 

 wings elongate -triangular, costa slightly sinuate, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin obliquely rounded ; whitish ; a broad fuscous costal border, 

 containing a small dark fuscous discal spot in middle, and an 

 equally broad fuscous hind-marginal band, its anterior edge 

 triangularly indented above anal angle, and indicated on costal 

 band by a pale obscure Line; cilia fuscous (imperfect I. Hind 

 wings white, thinly scaled ; a transverse linear dark fuscous discal 

 spot at one-third ; a short oblique cloudy dark fuscous streak from 

 anal angle : in male a broad very pale whitish-ochreous apical 

 suffusion, becoming fuscous at extreme apex; in female a large 

 quadrate fuscous apical spot ; cilia white. 



Tahiti : two specimens received from Mr. J. J. Walker, 

 K.N. 



Dolichosticha, Meyr. 

 Dolichosticha trapezalis, Gn. 



Salbia trapezalis, Gn., 200; Boti/s creonalis, Walk., 

 579 ; B. neoclesalis, ib., 635 ; B. suspicalis, ib., 

 667 ; B. convectalis, ib., SuppL, 1411 ; Cnaphalu- 

 crocis bifurcalis, SnelL, Tijd. v. Ent., 1880, 219 ; 

 ib., 1883, pi. viii., 5. 



I have no doubt of this identification ; the species 

 varies somewhat, but I have specimens agreeing perfectly 

 with Guenee's description. A Tahitian form, sent by 

 Mr. J J. Walker, is unusually dark and large, but not 

 distinct. 



West Indies, Tahiti, Marquesas and Ellice Islands, 

 Fiji, Celebes, Java, Ceylon, India, West and South 

 Africa. 



Dolichosticha venilialis, Walk. 



Also from Tahiti; sent by Mr. J. J. Walker. 



Dolichosticha p> rinephes, Meyr. 

 Duaringa, Queensland; one female sent by Mr. G. 



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