520 Mr. E. Meyrick on some 



SCIBPOPHAGA, Tr. 

 Vein 11 of the fore wings sometimes anastomoses with 12. The 

 patagia in <? form a rough erectly spreading tuft, sometimes 

 greatly developed ; this character seems to have been overlooked, 

 but it is the best point of distinction from the preceding genus : the 

 only other differential character is the relative length of the labial 

 palpi, which in Schoenubius are generally very long, in ScirjMj^haga 

 moderate or short, but between the nearest forms there is practi- 

 cally no difference in this respect. At present, so far as is known 

 to me, the patagia afford a good character ; but it may hereafter 

 be found necessary to unite the two genera, which are identical in 

 all other respects. 



169. Scirpophaga butyrota, n. s. 



^ , 22 — 23 mm., 2 > 29 — 37 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi 

 in (J 2, in 5 Iw, white, m ^ externally becoming dark grey towards 

 base. Antennae white, ciliations in ^ 1. Abdomen in ^ pale 

 whitish-ochreous, in $ white, anal tuft very large, whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs white, anterior pair dark grey above, all tarsi in 

 $ greyish. Fore wings narrow-oblong, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex -round-pointed, hind margin in 

 (J sHghtly rounded, in $ almost straight, rather strongly oblique ; 

 vein 11 anastomosing with 12 ; ochreous-white, unicolorous. Hind 

 wings snow-white. 



Port Moresby {lum-ald) ; four specimens. 



CRAMBID^. 

 Thinasotia, Hein. 



170. Thinasotia cenochrois, n. s. 



5 , 16 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax reddish-fuscous, face 

 with short cone. Palpi 2i, reddish-fuscous, base white beneath. 

 Abdomen light reddish-fuscous, becoming ochreous towards base, 

 and dark fuscous towards apex, with a white ante-apical spot. 

 Legs ochreous-white, anterior tibiae reddish-fuscous spotted with 

 yellow, anterior tarsi snow-white with a reddish-fuscous subapical 

 band. Fore wings elongate-triangular, narrow at base, costa 

 slightly sinuate, posteriorly moderately arched, apex rectaugiilar, 

 hind margin bowed, oblique ; reddish purple-fuscous ; lines very 

 indistinct, slightly paler, margined on both sides with darker ; first 

 at one-third, slightly curved ; second from a small white oblique 

 spot on costa beyond two-thirds to two-thirds of inner margin, 



