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margin, obsoletely angnlated beneath costa, where it is double, 

 and marked with two black dots in and above middle ; a doiible 

 waved fuscous line, dilated and yellow-ochreous on costa, from 

 two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, very strongly 

 curved outwards on upper two-thirds ; an elongate-crescentic 

 yellow-ochreous mark extending along upper half of hind margin, 

 anteriorly black-margined and outside that edged with white, 

 before which is an obs3ure greyish suffusion ; cilia whitish ochreous 

 (imperfect). Hind wings pale whitish ochreous, brownish-tinged, 

 costal half suffused with pale ochreous-yellowish except on hind 

 margin ; two pairs of dark fuscous lines only visible on dorsal half 

 except first of second pair ; first at one-thnd, second at two-thirds, 

 somewhat curved ; a greyish hind-marginal shade ; a dark fuscous 

 hind-marginal line ; cilia whitish ochreous. 



Tonga (Matheiv) ; one specimen. 



HYDEOCAMPIDiE. 

 Cataclysta, Hh. 

 Forehead vertical; ocelli absent; tongue well developed. An- 

 tennae two-thirds of fore wings, in male rather stout, filiform, 

 pubescent-cihated (i), towards apex with projecting scales at joints. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint with 

 appressed scales or roughly haired beneath, terminal joint mode- 

 rate, rather obtuse or pointed. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform. 

 Abdomen in male with valves large, exserted, scaled ; uncus long, 

 curved, beneath with a rather shorter downward- ciurved process 

 from base. Posterior tibise with outer spurs three-fourths of inner. 

 Fore wings with veins 3, 4, 5 approximated, 10 rising out of stalk 

 of 8 and 9, 11 short. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 approximated, 

 5 from a point or stalked with 4 or absent (coincident with 4), 7 out 

 of G near origin, 8 anastomosing with 7 beyond cell or wholly 

 coincident with 7 from its origin to apex. 



45. Cataclysta hexalitha, n. s. 

 2 , 26 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 somewhat mixed with ochreous. Antennas whitish ochreous. Palpi 

 with second joint rough-haired beneath, terminal joint rather 

 obtuse ; whitish ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous, towards base 

 white beneath. Legs ochreous-whitish. Fore wings very elongate- 

 triangular, costa shghtly sinuate, apex obtuse, hind margin nearly 

 straight, oWique, roitnded beneath ; white, irregularly and suffusedly 

 irrorated with ochreous-yellowish ; an ochreous-yellow basal 



