222 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



a straight fascia from five-sixths of costa to apex of dorsal streak ; 

 a moderate hind -marginal fascia, anteriorly margined with an 

 interrupted hlack line ; a hind-marginal row of black dots ; cilia 

 pale whitish ochreous. Hind wings white, tinged with ochreous- 

 yellowish ; a deep ochreous-yellow fascia bej'ond middle parallel to 

 hind margin, anteriorly partially blackish-margined towards disc ; 

 an ochreous-yellow partially black-margined hind-marginal fascia ; 

 three small round black spots on hind margin above middle, two 

 upper semicircularly margined with white anteriorly, and preceded 

 by some scattered black speckles ; cilia pale whitish ochreous. 



Nearer P. ijolydectalis than any other species known 

 to me. 



Fiji [Lucas) ; one specimen. 



SCHGENOBIUS, Du}). 



51. Sclirenohius im/parellns, Meyr. 

 Fiji {[jdcas) ; one female specimen, rather narrower- 

 winged than usual, but not different otlierwise. Occurs 

 also in Eastern Australia. 



BOTYDID^. 

 Margarodes, Gn. 

 52. Margarodes oceanitis, n. s. 

 ^ , ? , 44 — 4G mm. Head, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 greenish white ; collar very narrowly ochreous ; shoulders ferru- 

 ginous ; anal tuft greyish ochreous mixed with black, expansible ; 

 anterior and middle tibite ferruginous above. Maxillary palpi 

 ferruginous, apex and base white. Labial palpi ferruginous, basal 

 half greenish white. • Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa some- 

 what sinuate, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin slightly rounded, oblique ; pale green, irregularly suffusedly 

 irrorated with white ; a narrow ferruginous costal streak, finely 

 attenuated posteriorly, beneath margined by a suffused white 

 streak ; a row of dark grey dots on hind margin, often indistinct ; 

 rarely a grey hind-margiual line ; ciha grey, base and tips whitish. 

 Hind wings with colour, hind-marginal dots, and cilia as in fore 

 wings ; vein 1 b not clothed with hairs beneath. 



"Nearest M. r/laiicnhdis, Gn., which I have not seen, 

 hut according to the descri})tion it should he sufficiently 

 distinct. 



New Hebrides {Matliew) ; Fiji {Matltcic, Lucas) ; about 

 ten s[)ecimens. 



