Lcpidopfrm from tJic South Pacific. 2-iy 



Strepsimela, n. g. 

 Forehead vertical; ocelli present; tongue well developed. 

 Antennae four-fiitbs of fore wings, in male subdentate, ciliated (f), 

 with a tuft of scales on back before middle, and a sinuation clothed 

 with a tuft of dense scales beyond middle, basal joint large, swollen. 

 Labial palpi moderate, obhquely ascending, second joint with short 

 dense projecting scales beneath, terminal joint short, obtuse. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, fihform. Abdomen in male with 

 moderate anal tuft, valves retracted. Anterior femora in male 

 with a projecting tuft of scales from apex above, and a long tuft of 

 hairs from beneath, curving upwards in h'ont ; posterior tibite with 

 outer middle-spur one-third to one-half, outer end-spur one-half of 

 inner. Fore wings with vein 10 rising out of 9, 11 oblique, in 

 male sometimes bent and widely remote from 10. Hind wings as 

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

 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to one-third. 



96. Strepsimela (?) inicrocentra, n. s. 



5 , 22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 dark fuscous ; palpi white beneath. Fore wings triangular, costa 

 posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, hind margin obliquely 

 rounded ; dark fuscous ; a small darker discal suffusion, in which 

 is a white dot before middle ; second line represented by four small 

 confluent white spots in a straight transverse series h'om costa 

 before three-foiu:ths, a fifth near hind margin at three-fourths from 

 apex, surmounted by an obscure whitish dot, and a sixth towards 

 inner margin at three-fourths, beneath which is an obscure whitish 

 dot on inner margin ; cilia dark fuscous. Hind wings dark fuscous ; 

 second line represented by an irregular whitish streak from costa 

 at three-fifths, a small somewhat double spot near hind margui 

 below middle, and an irregular whitish line from middle of disc to 

 anal angle ; cilia dark fuscous. 



The generic position cannot be determined without 

 the male. 



Fiji [Lucas) ; one specimen. 



97. Strepsimela .raiithosovia, n. s. 



J , 5 , 17 — 18 mm. Head orange, more or less mixed with dark 



fuscous. Palpi yellow-whitish, terminal joint and upper scales 



of second blackish. Antenna; pale yellowish, basal half and tufts 



in male dark fuscous, in female mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax 



