458 Mr. E. Meyrick on some 



witli a red-brown spot. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, base of seg- 

 ments rather broadly black above, basal segment reddish-brown, 

 second and third posteriorly pale blue above, anal segment blue 

 above. Fore wings black ; base spotted with pale blue ; a bright 

 metallic-blue crescentic discal spot ; normal spots transparent, 

 faintly purplish-tinged; first small, elongate; second and third 

 confluent into a transverse-oblong blotch, iinevenly bisected ; 

 fourth elongate, with a small very narrow adjacent similar spot 

 beneath ; fifth subcordate. Hind wings black ; a bright metallic- 

 blue crescentic discal spot ; normal spots moderately large, trans- 

 parent, faintly purplish-tinged; first almost basal, bisected, not 

 reaching margins ; second transverse-oval, trisected, not reaching 

 margins. 



One specimen (Sayer). 



AKCTIAD^. 

 ExoTROCHA, Meyr. 



6. Exotrocha lihoria, Cr. 



Dinner Island (Koivald) ; one specimen, in July. 



TiGRIOIDES, Butl. 



7. Tigrioides nana, Walk. 

 Port Moresby {Kowald) ; one specimen. 



8. Tigrioides nephelozona, n. s. 

 2 , 35 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 yellow-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, gradually dilated, costa 

 slightly arched, apex rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded ; 

 rather light yellow-ochreous ; a rather narrow faint pale fiiscous 

 cloudy fascia at two-thirds, somewhat curved, parallel to hind 

 margin. Hind wings whitish ochreous, yellowish-tinged. 



One specimen {Sayer). 



Petalopleura, n. g. 

 Tongue developed. Palpi short, jiorrected, second joint rough- 

 scaled beneath. Antennae in ^ filiform, thinly ciliated, rough- 

 scaled above towards base, with a slight sinuation above basal 

 joint. Fore wings with vein 2 from two-thirds, 3 and 4 stalked, 

 5 absent, 8 and 9 out of 7, 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wings 

 in (? with costa very convex, costal edge thickened, beneath with 



