268 Mr. E. Meyrick's descrijHions of 



veins 4 and 5 short-stalked, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing 

 with 8 to near middle, 1 a and 1 b pectinated towards base. 



A curious form, more or less intermediate between 

 Scojmria and Schocnohius. 



128. Hoploscopa astrapias, n. s. 



$ , 22 — 29 mm. Head, palpi, antennje, thorax, and legs reddish 

 brown. Abdomen pale ochreous, tinged with reddish brown. Fore 

 wings very elongate, nearly oblong, gradually dilated posteriorly, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin straight, hardly 

 oblique, rounded beneath ; reddish fuscous, purplish-tinged, and 

 suffusedly mixed with bright crimson along veins ; a short white 

 or yellow median streak from base to one-fifth ; a short transverse 

 inwardly oblique snow-white streak in disc about two-fifths, above 

 shortly furcate, fork sometimes pale yellow and enclosing a crimson 

 spot; a right-angled snow-white streak in disc beyond middle, 

 angle filled with crimson, its extremities reaching near costa in 

 middle and before three-fourths, angle reaching half across wing ; 

 a snow-white sinuate line, sometimes reduced to a row of dots, 

 from costa close before apex to near inner margin at four-fifths, 

 terminated beneath by a short white streak on submedian fold ; 

 cilia reddish fuscous. Hind wings whitish ochreous, becoming 

 gradually more tinged with reddish fuscous posteriorly; cilia 

 whitish ochreous, 



Fiji (Lucas) ; two specimens. 



CRAMBID^. 

 Calamotropha, Z. 



129. Cahimotropha dielota, n. s. 



(? , $ , 23—29 mm. Head white or whitish ochreous, sides light 

 ochreous. Palpi light brownish ochreous, above white. Antennaj 

 whitish ochreous. Thorax brownish ochreous. Abdomen and legs 

 whitish, anterior pair suffused with ochreous. Fore wings elon- 

 gate, somewhat dilated, costa hardly arched, apex rectangular, 

 hind margin straight, not oblique, rounded beneath ; very pale 

 whitish brown, towards costa and base somewhat darker, with 

 thinly scattered black and dark fuscous scales ; a fuscous suffusion 

 along submedian fold from base to three-fourths ; a distinct black 

 dot on submedian fold in middle, and a second in disc considerably 

 beyond middle ; a row of small indistinct blackish dots from near 

 costa four-fifths to above anal angle, curved outwards, not reaching 



