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Anteia, n. g. 

 Face smooth. Palpi rather short, slender, obliquely ascending. 

 Antennae less than half fore wings, in male fihform, simple. 

 Posterior tibiie with median spurs at three-fourths, outer spurs less 

 tlian half inner. Fore wings with veins 3 and 4 very shortly 

 stalked, 10 rising out of 9. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 very 

 shortly stalked, 6 and 7 from near together. 



16. Anteia ithygramrna, n. s. 



(J, 52 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-white. Fore 

 wings broad, triangular, costa strongly arched before apex, hind 

 margin slightly rounded; white, towards base faintly strigulated 

 with pale greyish ochreous ; three light greyish ochreous transverse 

 streaks parallel to hind margin, obsolete towards costa ; first at 

 about one-third, slender, irregular, second central, broadest, third 

 at about three-fourths ; a narrow subterminal band of greyish 

 ochreous striae ; a few minute blackish dots on costa, three or four 

 before apex more conspicuous ; a fine dark fuscous hind-marginal 

 line ; cilia white. Hind wings moderate, hind margin produced in 

 middle into an acute angular projection, shghtly waved ; colour, 

 streaks, subterminal striae, and hind-marginal line as in fore wings ; 

 two elongate black dots above base of projection. 



New Britain {Mathew) ; one specimen. 



Strophidia, Hb. 



Face smooth. Palpi very short, slender, roughly scaled, por- 

 rected. Antennae less than half fore wings, in male filiform, 

 simple. Thorax hairy beneath. Posterior tibiae with median spurs 

 at two-thirds, outer spurs half inner. Fore wings with veins 3 and 

 4 stalked, 10 separate. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 

 G and 7 from near together. 



17. Strophidia anerccs, n. s. 

 $ , 54 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs white ; a 

 black transverse mark on back of crown, and three black dots on 

 forehead; palpi black above. Antennae fuscous, above blackish, 

 towards base becoming whitish ocln-eous. Fore wings broad, 

 triangular, costa arched, hind margin nearly straight ; white ; 

 costa with numerous short fine blackish strignhe, longer and 

 scantier towards base ; five pale greyish ochreous transverse streaks, 

 obsolete on costa ; first from one-sixth of costa to before middle of 



