from the Solomon Islands, 437 



ing white, with tlie outer half of the wings transversely 

 striped and clouded with grey; fringes ochreouSy tipped with 

 grey and traversed by a line of the same colour. Expanse 

 of wings 18 millim. 

 Alu. 



9. Aginna notata^ sp. n. 



$ . Pale flesh-coloured or whity brown suffused with pink ; 

 a slightly browner diflused border to all the wings : prima- 

 ries with a minute black dot at the end of the cell, a few 

 black scales sprinkled transversely across the disk, termi- 

 nating in a well-marked blackish spot near external angle ; a 

 marginal series of black dots : secondaries with whitish costal 

 area ; a grey spot at end of cell ; an indication of four dots, in 

 blackish scales, crossing the median branches obliquely at 

 about one third the distance from the cell to the outer margin 

 and three more, the third better defined, at two thirds ; a sub- 

 marginal grey streak near anal angle. Under surface of wings 

 with a conspicuous black dot at the end of each cell, and an 

 imperfect transverse discal series of unequal, more or less 

 defined grey or blackish spots. Palpi and legs brownish ex- 

 ternally. Expanse of wings 50 millim. 



Alu. 



10. Aginna erehina, sp. n. 



^ . Smoky brown : primaries faintly tinted with lilacine 

 on basal half; two widely divergent dentate-sinuate black 

 lines, the first across the basal fourth, the second across the 

 external two fifths, and between them a black imperfect reni- 

 form spot in outline ; a straight, slightly oblique yellowish 

 line across the disk ; a marginal series of conical black spots ; 

 fringe traversed externally by a pale grey line : secondaries 

 with a dusky spot at end of cell followed by an oblique dusky 

 stripe ; a slightly sinuous yellow stripe across tlie disk, bent 

 upwards near anal angle ; marginal spots and fringe as in 

 primaries : palpi pale ochreous ; abdomen greyish, with nar- 

 row whitish edges to the segments. Under surface very 

 dark, smoky brown ; wings with conspicuous black spots at 

 the extremities of the discoidal cells, an arched or bent blackish 

 stripe beyond the middle, and a somewhat dentated pale-bor- 

 dered discal blackish stripe ; marginal spots and fringes as 

 above : legs clothed with dense masses of black-brown ap- 

 pressed hairs. Expanse of wings 46 millim. 



Alu. 



Thouffh coloured like a Ihrminia the structure of the an- 

 tennai, palpi, and legs proves it to be a true Aginna. 



