246 Mr. E. Mey rick's descriptions of 



middle tibi* in male with outer spm- terminating in a long tuft of 

 dense hair-scales, inner spm- very long; posterior tibiae with outer 

 middle-spui- one-third, outer end-spm- one-half of inner. Fore 

 wings with vein 10 rising out of 9, 11 oblique. Hind wings as 

 broad as fore wings ; veins 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 out of 6 

 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 



92. Erebangela melanauges, n. s. 



(J, 22 — 24 mm. Head yellow-ochreous, face and a spot on 

 crown dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, beneath broadly ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark fuscous ; 

 abdomen and legs beneath ochreous-whitish. Fore wings rather 

 elongate -triangular, costa somewhat sinuate, posteriorly moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, hind margin obliquely rounded ; deep blackish 

 fiiscous, slightly pm-plish-tinged, without markings ; ciha dark 

 fuscous. Hind wings and cilia deep blackish fuscous ; faint in- 

 dications of a straight ferruginous line before middle. 



$ , 21 mm. Head, &c., as in male ; thorax mixed with ferru- 

 ginous-yellow. Fore wmgs dark purplish fiiscous; two small 

 ferruginous-yellow spots transversely placed near base ; first line 

 obsoletely darker, from one-fifth of costa to one-thhd of imier 

 margin, on inner margin preceded by a yellowish suffusion ; two 

 discal spots obsoletely margmed with darker, separated by a small 

 bright ferruginous spot, first roundish, touching first line, second 

 quadrate, before middle ; second line obsoletely darker, followed by 

 an indistinct pale ochreous line which forms a bright ochreous- 

 yellow spot on costa, running from costa at four -fifths, indented 

 above middle, nearly to anal angle, thence widely broken mwards 

 to beneath two-thhds, and continued to inner margin at tlu-ee- 

 fourths ; cilia dark fuscous. Hind wings dark purplish fuscous ; a 

 quadrate ferruginous spot near base ; a nearly straight ferrugmous 

 line from costa at two-fifths, to inner margin before anal angle ; a 

 very indistinct sinuate ferruginous line from two-thirds of costa to 

 hind margin below middle ; cilia dark fiiscous. 



The female is very like the male of PtiUeola ulophancs, 

 but differs by the ferruginous-yellow crown of head and 

 markings. 



Tonga {Mathew) ; Fiji {Mathew, Lucas) ; several speci- 

 mens. 



DiPLOTYLA, n. g. 

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

 veloped. Antcnnie three-fourths of fore wings, in male stout, sub- 

 dentate, ciliated (| — I), sinuate before and again lioyoiid niiddlo. 



