Lepidcyptcra from New Guinea. 483 



acute triangular tooth in middle ; white ; subterminal strigulas as 

 in fore wings, but only a few towards base of wing; transverse 

 streaks as in fore wings, but first only slightly indicated, third bent 

 round beneath so as to nearly ai^proach second ; a black hind- 

 marginal line, thickened on veins, interrupted on tooth ; a round 

 black subterminal spot opposite tooth, and a small longitudinal 

 wedge-shaped black mark in tooth ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Port Moresby (Kowald, Sayer) ; two specimens. Also 

 from New Ireland. 



84. Stesichora teriadata, Gn. 



Micronia teriadata, Gn., x., 29 ; M. ceramata, Walk., 

 1624. 



Port Moresby {Kowald, Sayer) i three specimens. 



GEOMETRID^. 

 Mnestebodes, n. g. 

 Face smooth. Palpi short, slender, porrected, loosely scaled. 

 Antennaj in 3" flatly dentate, strongly ciliated. Posterior tibiae in 

 (? flattened, without spurs, tarsi much aborted. Fore wings with 

 vein 6 remote from 9, 10 out of 9 below 8, 11 anastomosing with 9. 

 Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; in <? with a large glandular 

 swelling beneath in middle of disc, and a long expansible pencil of 

 hairs from base of costa above. 



A development of the first group of Acidalia, from 

 which it differs by the abnormal structures of hind 

 wings. 



85. Mnesterodes trypheropa, n. s. 



^, 11 — 12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous, 

 face and palpi rather dark fuscous. Antennae and legs whitish- 

 ochreous, posterior tarsi one-third. Fore wings with costa slightly 

 arched, hind margin rounded, rather strongly oblique ; pale 

 brownish-ochreous ; lines cloudy, fuscous-purplish, only apparent 

 on upper half of wing ; first indistinct, median absent, second and 

 subterminal closely approximated, submarginal absent ; a well- 

 marked cloudy fuscous-purplish discal spot ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 Hind wings rounded, inner margin very short, anal angle some- 

 what prominent ; bright silver-metallic, with a moderate pale 

 ochreous border ; a purplish-fuscous spot at anal angle ; costal 

 pencil ochreous-yellow ; cilia whitish-ochreous. Fore wings 



