18 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 



segment befoi-e its middle, and a less distinct one towards apex, 

 both indicated also on 2nd segment ; a black line along hind mar- 

 gin of 2nd segment ; costal cilia dark fuscous, barred with white on 

 bands ; rest of cilia light greyish ochreous, lower margin of 1st 

 segment with four spots of scattered black scales, 2nd median and 

 largest, upper margin of 2nd segment with some black scales 

 towards middle and apex, lower margin with four small spots of 

 black scales, a dark grey patch before anal angle, and a small 

 apical spot of black scales. Hind wings cleft firstly from one-third, 

 secondly from near base, segments linear ; ochreous-fuscous, 3rd 

 segment becoming pale ochreous towards base ; cilia light greyish 

 ochreous, 3rd segment on upper margin with a tolerably continuous 

 row of black scales from near base to apex, largest about three- 

 fourths, on lower margin with several black scales about one-third, 

 a large tooth of black scales at three-fourths, and a small apical 

 spot, and with a fringe of white hair-scales on basal half. 



New Hebrides and Tonga Islands ; several specimens 

 taken by Mr. G. F. Mathew. 



Platpptilia hemimetra, n. s. 

 (? , 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark fus- 

 cous, mixed with grey-whitish ; frontal tuft hardly perceptible ; 

 palpi with 2nd joint reaching middle of face, terminal joint very 

 short. Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with whitish. Fore wings 

 cleft from before two-thirds, 1st segment moderately broad, oblong, 

 hind margin straight, somewhat oblique, 2nd segment posteriorly 

 dilated, broader than 1st, hind margin oblique, tarsi sinuate, so as 

 to project in middle, anal angle sharply defined ; greyish fuscous, 

 irregularly mixed with whitish and blackish ; basal half of costa 

 obscurely spotted with darker and lighter ; a cloudy dark fuscous 

 triangular blotch on costa before cleft, reaching across whig to 

 below cleft; a broad cloudy dark fuscous blotch on 1st segment 

 towards its middle, margined posteriorly by an irregular ochreous- 

 whitish line ; a transverse ochreous-whitish line near hind margin 

 of 2nd segment, preceded by a dark fuscous suffusion ; costal cilia 

 dark fuscous, with three whitish spots ; rest of cilia grey-whitish 

 on hind margin, with a sharp black line near base, on lower mar- 

 gin of 1st and upper margin of 2nd segments each with three very 

 small spots of black scales, on lower margin of 2nd segment with 

 five small spots of black scales. Hind wings cleft firstly from two- 

 fifths, secondly from near base, 1st segment narrow, spatulate, 2nd 

 narrow, caudate, Brd linear, short, only reaching middle of wing ; 

 rather dark greyish fuscous ; cilia whitish grey, 3rd segment with 



