from the Solomon Islands. 435 



the pattern of the secondaries. The following is undoubtedly- 

 a Dirades :— 



5. Dirades aluensis, sp. n. 



Allied to Erosia theclata = E. adjutaria (females oi Dirades 

 hinotata) ; the sexes of the same general shapes and colours ; 

 male vinous brown : primaries with blackish costa ; a semi- 

 circular black spot beyond the middle of inner margin ; an 

 oblique subapical blackish dash and an interrupted pale-edged 

 black submarginal line ; apex black on the fringe : secon- 

 daries with the basi-internal half bounded externally by a 

 whitish line, which is elbowed just before it reaches the abdo- 

 minal margin ; the inferior half of the basal area bounded by 

 a black line, its anterior half also being bright copper- red and 

 its posterior half grey ; abdominal fold white ; fringe from 

 apex to second caudate angle black. The female is greyer 

 than the male, and, owing to the greater width of the secon- 

 daries, the angle of the line bounding the basal area is formed 

 in the middle of the wing ; the red longitudinal band from 

 the base is darker and duller, and the whole of the remainder 

 of the wing is grey, with the exception of a black-edged spot 

 on basi-internal half : body greyish brown, with the antennte 

 and teguloe whitish. Under surface pale brown, the secon- 

 daries paler than the primaries ; the male of a more golden 

 brown than the female. Expanse of wings, cJ 18 millim., 

 ? 20 millim. 



Alu. 



Hypenidae, 

 6. ITypena iridis, sp. n. 



Primaries above brown, the basal two thirds shot with lilac 

 in certain lights, bounded externally by a black transverse 

 line (on the inner side of which the shot-colouring is wanting 

 so as to leave a band of the ground-colour) edged externally 

 with snow-white, immediately following which is a diffused 

 band of lilacine scales ; a marginal series of whitish and black 

 dots ; fringe whity brown, tipped with dark grey and with 

 two central wavy dark grey lines : secondaries grey-brown, 

 with a darker marginal line ; fringe whiter than in primaries ; 

 costal border whitish : body brown. Under surface sericeous 

 greyish brown; wings with a black marginal line; fringes 

 as above. Expanse of wings 30 millim. 



Nearest to IL iconicalis from Ceylon, Java, &c., with 

 similar palpi. 



