196 Mr. E. Meyrick's dcscri'ptions of 



greyish. Fore wings triangular, costa sinuate, hind margin sHghtly 

 rounded, waved ; whitish ochreous, more or less suffused irregularly 

 with fuscous reddish, tending to form irregular waved lines ; a 

 streak along costa from base to second line mostly marked with 

 black ; first line slender, double, blackish, from one-third of costa 

 to one-third of inner margin, curved outwards ; between this and 

 base are three or four similar indistinct blackish lines ; second line 

 sharply marked, fine, black, from three-fifths of costa to three- 

 fourths of inner margin, forming a quadrangular projection out- 

 wards in middle, between which and inner margin it is twice 

 sharply angulated inwards ; an u-regular hind-marginal band 

 mostly suffused with fiiscoi;s, especially towards apex, containing a 

 pale dentate subterminal line ; cilia whitish ochreous, basal half 

 obscurely barred with fuscous. Hind wings rather small, hind 

 margin slightly rounded ; whitish, sometimes with indications of 

 blackish lines towards inner margin ; cilia whitish. 



Fiji and Tonga {Mathciv) ; two specimens. 



(ENOCHROMID^. 

 Fore wings : 7 rising out of 9, 10 not rising out of 9. Hind 

 wings : 5 present, 8 fi'ee. 



EuMELEA, Jarcl. 



Face with a shght projection of scales. Palpi moderate, arched, 

 second joint roughly scaled, terminal joint moderate, porrected, 

 smoothly scaled, slightly swollen towards apex. AntenuEe nearly 

 as long as fore wings, in male filiform, simple. Thorax, femora, 

 and posterior tibiae hairy beneath ; posterior tibite with middle- 

 spurs below five-sixths, equal, terminal spurs shorter. Fore wings 

 with vein G from very near 9, 11 anastomosing strongly with 10, 

 12 anastomosing with 11 to 10. Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 

 stalked, 8 approximated to 7 towards base. 



8. Einnclca rosalia, Cr., Gn. 



Solomon Islands and New Britain (Mafhew) ; three 

 specimens. Occurs also in the Malay Archipelago and 

 North-East Australia. 



9. Eumdea craspedias, n. s. 

 J , 58 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs light ochreous- 

 yellow ; face, collar, palpi, antenna), and anterior tibiae light 

 fuscous-puri)lish. Fore wings moderate, triangular, costa mode- 



