'204 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



fuscous. (Abdomen broken.) Legs dark fuscous, ringed with 

 whitish ochreous. Fore wings with vein 5 separate ; dark fuscous, 

 purphsh - tinged ; two straight rather oblique whitish ochreous 

 fasciae, mixed with ferruginous in disc, first about one-fourth, 

 moderate, second about two-thirds, considerably broader, not quite 

 reaching inner margin ; a small triangular whitish ochreous spot 

 on costa towards apex ; a hiud-marginal row of minute whitish 

 ochreous dots; cilia grey. Hind wings linear-lanceolate, cilia 

 four ; grey ; cilia grey. 



Fiji {Lucas) ; one specimen. 



171. Proterocosma ocJironota, n. s. 

 5 , 18 mm. Head whitish ochreous, sides reddish ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish ochreous. Antennas ochreous-white, sharply annu- 

 lated with dark fiiscous. Thorax ochreous-brown, with a broad 

 central whitish ochreous stripe. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish 

 ochreous, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous. Fore wings 

 with vein 5 rising out of 7 ; ochreous-brown ; an irregular light 

 ochreous-yellowish streak along inner margin from base to beyond 

 anal angle, forming three ill-defined short rounded projections 

 upwards, first at one-third, second at two-thirds, third above anal 

 angle ; above this streak the ground colour is suffused with darker 

 fuscous ; cilia ochreous-brown, becoming whitish grey towards 

 anal angle. Hind wings linear-lanceolate, cilia four ; grey ; cilia 

 whitish grey. 



Tonga {Mathetv) ; one specimen. 



172. Proterocosma chionopsamma, n. s. 

 $ , 12 mm. Head, palpi, and antennas white ; second joint of 

 palpi ochreous except at apex ; antenna with three fuscous bands 

 towards ajjex. Thorax deep yellow-ochreous, with a broad central 

 white stripe. Abdomen light grey. Legs pale ochreous, anterior 

 pair suffused with dark grey. ■ Fore wings broader near base and 

 gradually narrowed to acute apex ; vein 5 separate ; deep bright 

 yellow-ochreous ; a snow-white streak along inner margin from 

 near base to beyond middle ; a round black dot on anal angle ; a 

 pale yellow patch extending along hind margin from anal angle to 

 near apex, margined anteriorly and above by six irregular small 

 white spots, of which the last two are produced to costa ; cilia pale 

 yellow, beneath anal angle grey-whitish. Hind wings linear, cilia 

 six ; grey ; cilia pale whitish grey. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea {Mathcit) ; one specimen. 



