230 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



hind margin straight, very oblique ; deep oehreous-yellow ; basal 

 half of costa suffused with dark purjilish fuscous ; lines slender, 

 dark fuscous ; first from one-fifth of costa to one-fouxth of inner 

 margin, ill-defined, nearly straight ; second from two-thirds of 

 costa to beyond two-thirds of inner margin, straight, slightly 

 indented towards costa ; a dark fuscous discal dot in middle ; ciha 

 white, with a strong sharply marked dark fuscous basal line. 

 Hind wings deep oehreous-yellow, towards base paler ; a slender 

 dark fuscous line from beneath costa beyond middle to above inner 

 margin before anal angle, nearly straight, slightly irregular ; cilia 

 as in fore wings. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea (Matkeiv) ; several speci- 

 mens. 



68. Draccenura myota, n. s. 

 (?, 24 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale shining grey; 

 anal segment snow-white. Palpi dark grey, beneath broadly white. 

 Antennae grey-whitish. Legs white, anterior and middle pair grey 

 above. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly mode- 

 rately arched, apex obtuse, hind margin slightly rounded, very 

 oblique ; rather light shining grey, with pale bluish reflections ; 

 lines and spots hardly darker, very indistinct ; first line from one- 

 fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, nearly straight ; second 

 from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, irregu- 

 larly curved ; a small round discal spot at one-third, and a trans- 

 verse spot in middle ; cilia grey, apical half whitish. Hind wings 

 with hind margin waved ; pale grey, bluish-shining, paler towards 

 base ; hind margin very slenderly suffused with blackish grey ; 

 cilia whitish. 



New Hebrides (Mathew) ; Fiji (Lucas) ; several speci- 

 mens. 



Pleonectusa, Ld. 

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

 veloped. Antennae almost as long as fore wings, in male filiform, 

 very shortly ciliated {^), with projecting scales at joints. Labial 

 palpi moderate, arched, ascending, second joint with dense pro- 

 jecting 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 tibite with outer middle-spm- one-third, outer 

 end-spur one-half of inner. Fore wings with veins 4 and 5 some- 

 times short-stalked, 10 rising out of 9, 11 obliqixe. Hind wings 

 rather broader than fore wings ; \ cins li, 4, 5 approximated at base. 



