486 Mr. E. Meyrick on some 



91. Acidalia crossophragma, Meyr. 

 Port Moresby (Kowald) ; one specimen. 



Pkasonesis, n. g. 

 Face smooth. Palpi short, ascending, slender, with appressed 

 scales. Antennae in <? ciliated. Posterior tibiae with all spurs 

 present. Fore wings with vein 6 remote from 9, 10 out of 9, 

 anastomosing with 11 and then very strongly with 9. Hind wings 

 with veins 6 and 7 separate. 



Nearest to Dithalama, which it closely approaches in 

 neuration, differing mainly in the presence of all spurs 

 on posterior tibiae. 



92. Prasonesis microphylla, n. s. 

 ,? , 28 mm. Face dark reddish-fuscous, lower part pale ochreous, 

 fillet blackish, crown yellow-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, above 

 dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous, ciliations three-fourths. Thorax 

 white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, becoming white towards base. 

 Legs pale ochreous, anterior pair brownish-tinged, posterior pair 

 whitish-ochreous. Fore wings with costa posteriorly moderately 

 arched, hind margin waved, bowed, rather oblique; whitish- 

 ochreous, anterior half sprinkled with black, posterior half some- 

 what siiffused with pale reddish-ochreous, especially immediately 

 beyond posterior fascia ; costal edge brown-reddish ; a black sub- 

 costal irroration from middle to near apex, attenuated posteriorly ; 

 first line indicated by four black dots ; a rather narrow very 

 irregular deep green fascia from beneath costa at four-fifths to 

 inner margin at two-thirds, edged first with black and then with 

 white, rectangularly broken inwards above middle, upper portion 

 attenuated to a point above, margins twice sinuate, lower portion 

 with a triangular indentation above its middle on anterior side, 

 and a large triangular emargination below its middle on posterior 

 side, lower extremity narrowed ; a dark grey hind-marginal line, 

 forming small spots between veins ; cilia whitish-ochreous, reddish- 

 tinged. Hind wings with hind margin waved, rounded, slightly 

 bent in middle ; colour, hind-marginal line, and cilia as in fore 

 wings ; an indistinct cloudy purplish median line, nearly straight; 

 second line parallel to hind margin, sinuate inwards above middle, 

 grey and indistinct on upper half, blackish on lower half, where it 

 is followed by five small semi-oval more or less connected deep 

 green spots, edged posteriorly first with black and then with white. 



Port Moresby {Koivald) ; one specimen. 



