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27. Peratostega pallidicosta spec. nov. 



Forewings : dull reddish, the costa broadly pale grey, the whole wing covered 

 with darker striae ; lines indistinct, slightly paler, and marked by dark dots on the 

 veins ; these dots white-tipped inwardly on the basal line, outwardly on the exterior 

 line ; the basal line from oue-fonrth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; the onter 

 from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of intier margin ; cell-sjwt dark, obscure ; 

 fringe reddish. 



Hiiidwinc/s : similar, without basal line, the custa glossy whitish ; the abdominal 

 fold with its pencil of hairs towards anal angle greyish. 



Underside paler reddish, with no markings. Siioulders and thorax of the same 

 colour as forewings ; face and palpi deep red ; vertex snow-white ; abdomen 

 ochreous grey, penultimate segment on dorsum covered with dark grey mealy 

 scales. 



Expanse of wings : 4U mm. 



1 c? from Florida, Solomon Islands, January 1901 (Meek). 



Subfamily ABUAXINAE. 



28. Abraxas sylvata ab. continuata nov. 



Like the form described by me as suffasa (Nov. Zool. i. p. 417), but the post- 

 median bands of double spots united so as to form a continuous fascia of which the 

 inner half is the darker; this fascia in the forewings is sharjily angled at vein 6 

 internally, its external edge and the line separating the two shades of the fascia 

 being both lunulate-dentate ; in the hindwings the fascia is sinuous and both edges 

 retain the curves of the spots. 



Expanse of wings : 48 ram. 



1 ?, marked simply Japan. 



Subfamily BRACCINAE. 



29. Bordeta floridata sjiec. nov. 



Nearest to B. woodfordii Butler, from Shortland Island, from which it differs 

 in two points : first, in the forewings, the small spot in cell, between the larger basal 

 blotch and the round one at end of cell, is always wanting, while the second small 

 spot between veins 3 and 4 is diminished in size, and in the only $ seen altogether 

 wanting ; secondly, the hindwings agree with those of B. siriella Drnce from 

 Guadakauar rather than with woodfordii Butler, both having the base of wings 

 bliick, but the black in the present species is not so extensive, and consequently the 

 white space shows larger. 



Expanse of wings : J, 52 mm. : ? , 00 mm. 



Five ¥ ? , one <?, from Florida Island, Solomons, Jamiary 1901 (Meek). 



Subfamily ENNOMINAE. 

 Tessarotis gen. nov. 



Forewings : costa straight ; apex rectangular ; hindmargin strongly bent in 

 middle, the lower half very oblique ; anal angle distinct ; iuuer margin short. 



