200 Mr. E. Meyricli's descriptions of 



14. Derxejia ccelivagata, Walk. 

 Derxena coelivagata, Walk., Suppl., 1615. 



(J , 21 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish bhic. Antenna3 

 and palpi whitish. Fore wings triangular, hind margin gently 

 rounded ; pale silvery blue, thinly scaled ; costal edge white ; discal 

 dot blackish ; cilia whitish blue. Hind wings triangular, hind 

 margin strongly rounded ; colour, discal dot, and cilia as in fore 

 wings 



New Britain (Mathciv) ; one specimen. According to 

 Walker, also from New Guinea and Aru. 



MICEONIADiE. 

 Fore wings : 7 separate from 9, stalked with 6. Hind wmgs : 

 5 present, 8 free. 



Stesichora, n. g. 



Face smooth. Palpi moderately long, obliquely ascending, very 

 slender, linear; second joint very short, terminal joint long, thrice 

 second, obtuse. Antcuna3 less than half fore wings, in male thick, 

 filiform, simple. Middle tibiae in male clothed externally with 

 very fine long hairs ; posterior tibiae flatly dilated towards middle, 

 externally clothed with soft fine hairs, median spurs at three- 

 fourths, outer median spur obsolete, outer apical spur one-fourth 

 of inner. Thorax rather hairy beneath. Fore wings with veins 

 2 and 3 stalked, rising from lower margin of cell near base, 4 from 

 angle of cell, 10 rising out of 9. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 

 short-stalked, 6 and 7 from a point. 



15. Stesichora imellaria, Walk. 

 Microyiia puellaria, Walk., Suppl., 1641. 



$ , 53 mm. Head white, face and palpi blackish. Autenna3 

 whitish. Thorax, abdomen, and legs white, anterior legs blackish. 

 Fore wings triangular, costa gently arched, hind margin gently 

 rounded, nearly straight beneath middle, sHghtly waved ; white; 

 about eight very small black transverse marks on costa, a double 

 one before apex, and one below apex ; a very fine blackish hind- 

 ruarginal line ; cilia white. Hind wings moderate, hind margin 

 waved, in middle forming a short angular projection ; white ; a 

 small round blackish spot before hind margin in angle ; hind- 

 marginal line and cilia as in fore wings. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea [Matliciv) ; one si)ecimen. 



