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line ; second line somewhat curved, from three-fonrths of costa to 

 anal angle, sharply indented below costa and in middle ; a row of 

 small spots along hind margin ; cilia very pale greyish ochreous, 

 basal half sharply barred with dark fuscous. Hind wings ochreous- 

 whitish, coarsely irrorated with blackish ; markings cloudy, 

 blackish ; a strong irregular streak from disc to inner margin 

 before anal angle ; second line, hind-marginal spots, and cilia as in 

 fore wings. 



Tonga (Mathew) ; one specimen. 



127. Exeristis xanthota, n. s. 

 5 , 8i mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 light ochreous-yellow, thorax mixed with dark fuscous ; apex of 

 tibiae dark fuscous. Fore wings triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 apex rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow, 

 suffusedly mixed with fuscous in disc ; markings blackish ; some 

 cloudy marks at base ; first line nearly straight, from before one- 

 fourth of costa to beyond two-fifths of inner margin ; a small round 

 spot outlined in disc at one-third, and a small spot above it on 

 costa ; a transverse-oblong spot outlined in disc beyond middle, 

 touching a small spot on costa ; second line well-defined, from 

 five-sixths of costa, indented in middle, widely broken inwards to 

 beneath median spot, terminating on inner margin at two-thkds ; 

 a row of small spots along hind margin, and a larger one at anal 

 angle; cilia grey, with a darker line, becoming yellowish at anal 

 angle. Hind wings with ground colour and discal suffusion as in 

 fore wings ; a small transverse discal spot ; second line, hind- 

 marginal spots, and cilia as in fore wings. 



Separated from E. asyphela by the quite differently 

 placed (reversed-oblique) first line, as well as the yellow 

 colouring and minor differences of marking. 



SCOPARIAD^. 

 HoPLOSCOPA, n. g. 

 Forehead rounded, tolerably vertical ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 moderate. Antennae three-fifths of fore wings, in male ('?). Labial 

 palpi long, straight, porrected, second joint shortly and evenly 

 rough-scaled above and beneath, terminal joint moderate, cylin- 

 drical, exposed. Maxillary palpi moderate, sharply triangularly 

 dilated with scales, porrected, not resting on labial. Fore wings 

 with veins 4 and 5 short-stalked, 10 rising out of stalk of 8 and 9, 

 11 oblique. Hind wings broader by one-third than fore wings ; 



