216 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



costa, below which towards disc are some irregular raised black 

 and prismatic-metallic scales. 



Fiji {Lucas) ; one specimen. Walker's type was from 

 Mysol. I have a very similar closely allied species 

 from North Australia, and Felder figures another from 

 South America. 



40. Siculodes hemicycla, n. s. 

 2 , 23 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs light 

 ochreous, densely irrorated with reddish fuscous ; antennae light 

 ochreous ; posterior tibia? whitish ochreous. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa posteriorly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin 

 strongly rounded, very oblique, inner margin rounded, continuous 

 with hind margin ; veins 8 and 9 stalked ; light ochreous, broadly 

 suffused with reddish fuscous along costa except towards apex, 

 along inner margin to anal angle, and on an elongate triangular 

 patch resting on middle of hind margin, of which apex is in centre 

 of wing ; some fine scattered fuscous striguloe ; foiir pairs of 

 irregular transverse tolerably well-defined reddish fuscous lines, first 

 near base, second widest apart, from tv, o-fifths of costa to middle 

 of inner margin, enclosing a quadrate dark spot on costa, third 

 from two-thirds of costa to before anal angle, filled in with reddish 

 fuscous on upper half, fourth from five-sixths of costa to anal angle ; 

 a single similar line near hind margin, before which are some 

 scattered darker fuscous strigulse ; cilia brownish ochreous, tips 

 whitish. Hind wings whitish ochreous, lower half suffused with 

 reddish fuscous and marked with scattered dark fuscous strigulae ; 

 cilia fuscous, tips whitish. Hind wings beneath suffused posteriorly 

 with light purple-bluish. 



Fiji (Lucas) ; one specimen. 



41. Sicidodes sidrfasciata, Walk. 



Morova sidrfasciata, Walk., Suppl., 523 ; Cacoscia galli- 

 colens, Butl., N. Z. Cat., 46 ; Siculodes suhfasciata, 

 Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst., 1883, 108. 



Fiji (Litcas) ; one specimen. Occurs also in New 

 Zealand. 



The single Fijian specimen is a male ; compared with 

 two female specimens from New Zealand it is rather 

 smaller and lighter, the palpi are longer and more 

 slender, and veins 8 and 9 of the fore wings are separate 

 but closely approximated at base, whilst in the New 



