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and again obtusely bent to inner margin at four-fifths ; cilia deep 

 yellow, tijjs yellow-whitish. Hind wings deep orange-yellow ; lines 

 waved, blackish, tolerably deiined ; an indistinct blackish discal 

 dot at one-third ; a line from beneath this to inner margin beyond 

 middle ; second line from beneath costa at two-thirds to hind 

 margin below middle, somewhat curved outwards ; cilia deep 

 yellow, tips yellow-whitish. 



New Hebrides {Mathew) ; one specimen. 



111. Notarcha octasema, n. s. 



? , 22 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs very 

 pale whitish ochreous ; face dark fuscous ; anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 grey above. Palpi whitish mixed with dark fuscous, terminal joint 

 dark fiiscous except apex. Fore wings elongate-triangular, rather 

 narrow, costa posteriorly gently arched, apex rounded, hind margin 

 strongly rounded, oblique ; very pale whitish ochreous ; first line 

 nearly obsolete, oblique, forming a blackish mark on costa at one- 

 fifth ; an 8-sliaped discal spot rather before middle, thickly outlined 

 in dark fuscous, upper and lower margins nearly obsolete ; a small 

 black triangular spot on costa at three-fourths, whence proceeds a 

 dotted grey line to inner margin at two-thirds, sinuate in middle, 

 widely dislocated inwards at three-fourths ; a row of blackish dots 

 along hind margin ; cilia whitish oclireous, tips whitish. Hind 

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

 wings ; a moderate round black discal spot ; a dotted grey line 

 from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, formed as 

 in fore wings. 



The male being unknown, the generic position is not 

 assured. 



New Hebrides {Mathew) ; one specimen. 



112. Notarcha halurga, n. s. 



(? , $ , 30 — 33 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax fuscous, 

 with purple reflections ; basal joint of palpi white ; antennal 

 ciliations of male \, hairs of basal joint on inner side produced 

 upwards over stalk. Abdomen whitish fiTSCous. Legs white, apex 

 of femora, apical half of anterior tibiae, and base of middle tibito, 

 grey (posterior legs broken). Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, 

 costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind margin 

 straight above middle, obliquely rounded beneath ; fuscoiis, with 

 purplish reflections ; markings rather darker fiiscous ; first line 

 indistinct, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; 



