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margin of the primaries sinuous and with a grooved projec- 

 tion at the basal third ; the tibias of the anterior legs are 

 flattened and gradually expanded towards the distal extremity, 

 and in both the anterior and middle legs are more or less 

 grooved below. 



J 1 . Nukufetau, Ellice Islands. 



Three examples were obtained. 



Galeriidae. 



Harpagoneura, gen. nov. 



Allied to Melissoblaptes ; the body very similar : primaries 

 elongate triangular ; costa slightly sinuous ; costal border 

 somewhat depressed, so as to form a strong ridge at costal 

 vein ; outer margin truncate, transverse, deflexed, rounded off 

 at external angle ; the inner margin nearly straight, inarched 

 at the base ; costa on under surface very deeply grooved ; 

 costal vein running to second third of margin ; subcostal with 

 five branches, the first emitted at about the middle of the 

 wing, running parallel to the costal vein and reaching the 

 costa just beyond it ; the four other veins crowded together 

 upon a thickened glandular patch close to apex, the second 

 joining the third halfway between the cell and apex, thus 

 forming a narrow elongated postdiscoidal cell ; discoidal cell 

 extremely long and broad ; upper radial continuous with upper 

 discocellular, which is long and united by a short elbow to 

 the subcostal ; lower discocellular short and oblique ; the 

 lower radial emitted as a fourth median branch ; the third and 

 fourth median branches converging towards outer margin ; 

 the median vein widely arched, so as to approach the inner 

 margin : secondaries emitting a long but scanty pencil of 

 hairs from the base above ; costal margin long and sinuous, 

 outer margin obliquely arched, inner margin rather short and 

 nearly straight ; costal and subcostal veins closely approxi- 

 mated to beyond the cell, where they coalesce for a short 

 distance and then fork to costa; in other respects the sub- 

 costal is normal ; discoidal cell open ; median, submedian, 

 and internal veins quite normal. 



16. Harpagoneura complexa, sp. n. 



Whity brown, sericeous ; the secondaries almost white and 

 semitransparent ; pectus pearly snow-white. Expanse of 

 wings 25 millim. 



INukufetau, Ellice Islands. 



Only one example of this extraordinary insect was obtained. 



