Lepidoptera from ilie South Pacific. 295 



Persicoptila, n. g. 

 Head smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennte as long 

 as fore wings, basal joint long, slender, with distinct pecteu. Labial 

 palpi very long, recurved, slender, smooth, terminal joint as long 

 as second, acute. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, drooping. Pos- 

 terior tibiae with a very large dense flattened dilated tuft of scales 

 on inner side, extending from near base to three-fourths. Fore 

 wings narrow, lanceolate ; vein 1 furcate at base, 2 from three- 

 fourths of cell, 6 and 7 stalked out of 8, 7 to costa. Hind wings 

 linear-lanceolate, less than half fore wings, cilia six ; veins 5, 6, 7 

 approximated at base, 7 to costa. 



173. PcrsicoptUa erythrota, n. s. 

 $ , 14 mm. Head, palpi, and antennte yellow, face whitish. 

 Thorax yellow, inner side of patagia and a central line crimson. 

 Abdomen white, two basal segments suffused with ochreous on 

 back, and marked on posterior margins of sides with a short 

 blackish streak. Legs yellow, anterior and middle tibiaj, and 

 posterior tuft crimson. Fore wings bright crimson, h-regularly 

 mixed with dark fuscous ; base, a semicircular blotch on middle of 

 costa reaching half across wing, and an oblong blotch on costa 

 extending from near this to near apex, bright yellow ; second blotch 

 margined posteriorly with dark fuscous; cilia whitish ochreous, 

 base yellowish. Hind wings and cilia very pale whitish ochreous. 



New Hebrides {Matheiv) ; one specimen. 



GRACILARIAD^. 

 TiMODORA, n. g. 

 Head roughly tufted on crown, face smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue 

 moderate. AntenniE longer than fore wings, in male hardly serrate, 

 basal joint moderately long, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 

 curved, with appressed scales, second joint not reaching base of 

 antennte, terminal joint as long as second, blunt-pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi rather long, slender, porrected. Middle tibiie thickened with 

 long hair-scales beneath ; posterior tibiae with rough scales above, 

 tarsi twice as long as tibi<e. Fore wings very narrow, parallel- 

 sided, pointed ; vein 1 apparently simple, 2 from four-fifths of cell, 

 7 to costa, 10 from opposite 2, 11 from near base of cell. Hind 

 wings almost linear, about half fore wings, cilia five ; vein 1 absent, 

 cell open between 4 and 5, 5 and stalked, 7 from upper margin 

 of cell before middle, running to apex. 



