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distinguished by the whitish ochreous face ; the face in 

 the other species is brown or green. 



Fiji {Lucas) ; two specimens. 



ACIDALIAD^. 

 Fore wiugs : 7 rising out of 9, 10 rising out of 9, 11 anasto- 

 mosing or connected by a short bar with 9. Hind wings : 5 present 

 8 anastomosing with 7 very shortly near base, or rarely free. 



Pythodoka, n. g. 



Face smooth. Palpi rather short, very slender, arched, ascending, 

 terminal joint extremely short. Antennte two-thirds of fore wings, 

 in male with two tufts of long cilia {^\) on each joint. Posterior 

 legs in male with tibiae and tarsi wholly absent, femora with a fan 

 of extremely long projecting s(feles from whole length. Fore 

 wings with vein 6 remote from 9, 10 rising out of 9 between 7 and 

 8, 11 anastomosing with 9 from 7 to below 10. Hind wings with 

 veins 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 

 very shortly near base. 



22. Pythodora rhipistis, n. s. 

 c? , 21 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 light brownish ochreous ; face dark crimson-fuscous. Fore wings 

 moderate, triangular, hind margin rounded ; hght brownish 

 ochreous, finely sprinkled with fuscous, with five ill-defined 

 irregularly waved slightly curved fuscous lines ; first about one- 

 third, bent beneath costa, second central, fifth marginal ; discal 

 dot black, preceding second line ; a hind-marginal row of fine 

 black dots ; cilia light brownish ochreous. Hind wings moderate, 

 hind margin bent in middle, rounded above ; colour and markings 

 as in fore wings, but first line obsolete. 



Fiji (Matheiv) ; one specimen. 



ACIDALIA, Tr. 



Face smooth. Palpi moderate or rather short, loosely rough- 

 scaled or filiform, porrected or somewhat ascending. Antennte 

 two-thirds of fore wings, in male ciliated. Posterior tibia.' in male 

 swollen, without spurs, tarsi in male more or less aborted, shorter 

 than tibiae. Fore wings with vein 6 remote from 9, 10 rising out 

 of 9 between 7 and 8, 11 anastomosing shortly with 9 or connected 

 with it by a short bar. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 separate, 



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