Australia and the South Pacific. *22o 



common throughout the whole of the South Pacific 

 islands (occurring' nowhere else), and to be liable to 

 gradual local variation throughout its range, would be 

 interesting to study ; it would be worth while to take 

 long series of it from each island. 



Strepsimela pseudadeVpha, n. s. 



S 2 , 18 — 21 mm. Head blackish-fuscous, on sides of crow 

 and between antennae orange-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, second 

 joint broadly whitish-ochreous beneath. Antennae blackish-fus- 

 cous, in male with space between tufts also clothed with rough 

 projecting scales, terminal portion beyond second tuft pale ochreous 

 above. Thorax blackish-fuscous. Abdomen blackish-fuscous with 

 a few orange scales, anal segment in male bright orange on sides, 

 with a very large exsertible tuft of whitish-ochreous hairs. Legs 

 in male pale yellow-ochreous, anterior tibhe with a dark fuscous 

 band, femora without upper tuft, apex of lower tuft blackish-grey ; 

 in female wholly dark fuscous. Fore wings rather elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly sinuate, posteriorly arched, apex obtuse, 

 hind margin oblique, rather strongly bowed ; blackish-fuscous, 

 purplish-tinged; in female an indistinct orange-ochreous mark 

 near base ; lines darker, tolerably distinct ; first from one-fourth 

 of costa to one-third of inner margin, slightly curved, anteriorly 

 edged obscurely in male with paler, in female with orange- 

 ochreous ; second irregular, from three-fourths of costa to near 

 anal angle, thence acutely angulated inwards to beneath middle of 

 disc, and again abruptly bent to inner margin at two-thirds, 

 posteriorly obscurely edged with paler, forming a distinct small 

 yellow-ochreous spot on costa ; a quadrate discal spot, indicated 

 only by darker lateral margins, preceded and followed by more or 

 less indistinct small cloudy whitish-ochreous marks, sometimes 

 almost obsolete ; cilia dark fuscous. Hind wings with colour, 

 discal spot, second line, and cilia as in fore wings ; in female 

 sometimes a cloudy orange spot near base, and posterior margin of 

 second line more orange; cilia in male becoming light orange on 

 lower half of hind margin, with a dark fuscous line. 



Fiji; several specimens (coll. Lucas). Superficially 

 extremely similar to Ptilcsola ulophanes, Meyr. 



vEdiodes, On. 

 Forehead vertical. Ocelli present. Tongue well-developed. 

 Antennas three-fourths, in male strongly ciliated (2), basal joint 



