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I should explain that this mistake was due to an error 

 of Lederer, who in his ta])ulation of genera includes 

 Spanista amongst those which possess maxillary palpi, 

 which is incorrect, and led me to overlook the identi- 

 fication. 



New Hebrides and Tonga {Mathew) ; Fiji {Lums). 

 Occurs also in Eastern Australia, Celebes, Java, Africa, 

 and Southern Europe. 



Drac^nura, u. g. 

 Forehead rounded, oblique ; ocelli present ; tongue well de- 

 veloped. Antennte from fotir-fifths to almost as long as fore wings, 

 in male filiform, very shortly ciliated (i), with projecting scales at 

 joints. Labial palpi moderate, arched, ascending, second joint 

 with dense projecting scales beneath, terminal joint very short, 

 cylindrical, obtuse. Maxillary palpi moderately long, slender, 

 filiform. Abdomen in male very long, anal segment elongate, with 

 small anal tuft, valves retracted. Posterior tibiai with outer 

 middle-spiu- one-fourth to one-half, outer end-spur one-half of 

 inner. Fore wings with vein 10 rising out of 9, 11 obhque. Hmd 

 wings rather broader than fore wings ; veins 3, 4, 5 approximated 

 at base, 7 rising in male out of almost at origin and connected 

 with 8 very near origin at a point only or by a short transverse 

 bar, in female out of 6 near origin -and anastomosing shortly 

 with 8. 



Closely allied to Pleoncctusa, from which it is dis- 

 tinguished by the peculiar form of anastomosis of veins 

 7 and 8 of the hind wings in male. 



63. Draccenura stenosoma, Feld. 



Platamonia stenosoma, Feld., Eeis. Nov., pi. cxxxiv., 16. 



^ 49—53 mm., $ 38—40 mm. Head rather dark fuscous, 

 crown mixed with light ochreous. Palpi fuscous, base white. 

 Antenna whitish ochreous. Thorax hght yellow-ochreous, anterior 

 margin suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous- 

 yellowish, in male apical half suffused with dark fuscous, purple- 

 shining. Legs pale whitish ochreous, anterior tibiiE fuscous. 

 Fore wings very elongate-triangular, more elongate in male, costa 

 posteriorly strongly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin slightly 

 rounded, in male extremely oblique, in female rather strongly 

 oblique, inner margin in male binuate outwardly before middle ; 



