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a thick tuft of projecting hair emitted from the middle of the 

 internal border on the under surface of the primaries ; body much 

 elongated, antennae much elongated, extending to about the fourth 

 fifth of costa of primaries, the basal joint large, cylindrical ; 

 following joints short, somewhat flattened, tapering, knotted above 

 the middle, and emitting a tuft of long clubbed scales, which 

 project forwards and slightly upwards to the distal fourth ; palpi 

 long, curved, porrected ; second joint bearing a long pencil of 

 hairs above and a shorter one below the terminal joint (giving the 

 appearance of three pairs of palpi from one base ; legs long and 

 rather slender, femora grooved ; anterior and middle tibiae short, 

 with an appressed terminally fringed spur emitted from its inferior 

 margin and running forwards to the extremity of the joint ; 

 posterior tibite with three long slender spurs, the first projecting 

 from near the middle, and the two others from the distal extremity 

 of the joint. 



70. Hormatholepis erehina, n. s. 

 Dark smoky grey, with slight purplish and bronze reflections, 

 the primaries almost crossed by two irregular blackish bands, the 

 first across the basal third, and the second just beyond the middle ; 

 both of these bands have zigzag external edges ; wings below 

 darker than above. Expanse of wings, 28 mm. 



Viti Islands. 



AsopiA, Guenee. 



71. Asopia leonina, n. s. 

 Primaries above bright straw-yellow, with purple-glossed black 

 markings, almost exactly as in Dichom-ocis frenatalis of Lederer, 

 as follows : an arched line across the base ; a bismuated line, 

 angulated upon the median vein before the middle ; an oblique 

 reniform spot, enclosing two whitish dots, at the end of the cell ; 

 a sinuous line across the disc, bending inwards so as to touch the 

 posterior extremity of the reniform spot, and a marginal line, 

 emitting a streak above its centre to join the discal line, and broken 

 up into spots towards external angle ; fringe whitish, spotted with 

 grey ; secondaries distinctly paler, cream-coloured shot with 

 stramineous, the disc crossed by an abbreviated and slightly 

 tapering grey stripe ; an external grey border confined to apex and 

 a continuous black marginal line ; fringe spotted with blackish ; 

 front of thorax and centre of abdomen bright straw-yellow ; the 

 latter with dorsal blackish dots ; remainder of body above shining 



to those of Niphadaza (Hydrocampidcs) : the wings are delicate, 

 and will not bear much damping with benzine. 



