296 Lepidoptera from the SoiitJt Pacific. 



174. Timoclora chrysochoa, n. s. 

 (? , 14 mm. Head and tliorax ochreous-brown, with purple-blue 

 reflections, face mixed with yellowish. Palpi dark fuscous, in- 

 ternally white. Antennae white, annulated with fuscous. Abdomen 

 grey, beneath yellowish white. Legs ochreous mixed with black ; 

 anterior tibite with a white median ring, all tarsi white with base 

 of joints ochreous and a black dot at apex of each. Fore wings 

 deep ochreous-yellow, becoming clearer yellow along costa ; a light 

 purple-brown suffusion along costa from base to one-fourth, and 

 costal edge on this dotted with black ; a conspicuous black dot 

 beneath costa in middle ; lower half of wing dotted with fuscous, 

 and with some small black and fuscous spots which tend to 

 form an undulating streak, projecting upwards to disc at one- 

 fourth, one-half, and three-fourths, and touching inner margin 

 between these, thence along hind margin to apex ; a black apical 

 dot ; all these markings have blue reflections ; ciUa ochreous-brown, 

 on costa yellow, beneath anal angle grey, with rows of black points. 

 Hind wings dark grey ; ciha grey. 



Tonga {Matheic) ; one specimen. 



