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suffusion, second discal and a dark fuscous spot beneath it edged with yellow-ochreous 

 so as to form a somewhat 8-shaped patch, discal area before, between, and beyond stigmata 

 forming a large greyish-purple patch sometimes reaching dorsum anteriorly; a spot 

 of dark fuscous suffusion on costa at f ; a large irregular suffused dark fuscous apical spot: 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, on basal half spotted with dark fuscous. Hindwings in $ pale 

 wbitish-ochreous tinged with grey, in $ pale grey; cilia whitish-ochreous, with faint 

 greyish subbasal shade. 



Silhouette, forest above Mare aux Cochons, and south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 

 1500 feet, in August and September; six specimens. 



Cosmopterygidse. 



Cosmopteryx Hueb. 



45. Cosmopteryx mimetis Meyr. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate, and near Morne Blanc, 800 feet, in October and February; 

 six specimens. Occurs also in Mauritius, Ceylon, India, Borneo, New Guinea, and 

 Australia; probably attached to some cultivated plant. 



46. Cosmopteryx ingeniosa Meyr. 



St Anne Island, one specimen received from Mr T. B. Fletcher. Occurs also in 

 India; probably introduced. 



Stagmatophora Herr.-Schaff. 



47. Stagmatophora ilarcha, n. sp. 



$%. 14 mm. Head shining white, crown with a brownish-ochreous central line, 

 eyes crimson. Palpi white, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax shining 

 white, patagia and an incomplete central line brownish-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate-lanceolate ; deep yellow-ochreous, sometimes tinged with ferruginous-brown ; 

 costal edge slenderly suffused with white, sometimes posteriorly extending broadly over 

 wing; a violet-blue-metallic streak from base through disc to f , then curved downwards 

 and running up to a black anteriorly white-edged mark on costa at -§-; a rather broad 

 irregular-edged white streak along dorsum from base to tornus, with a more or less 

 marked prominence posteriorly, and margined towards this with some blackish scales; 

 apical area more or less wholly shining white: cilia pale grey or whitish, on termen 

 broadly ferruginous-brown or ferruginous towards base. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, sometimes partially suffused with grey. 



Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons plateau, 1000 feet; Mahe, near Morne Blanc and 

 Cascade Estate, 1000 feet; in September, October, and February, six specimens. 



48. Stagmatophora hieroglypta, n. sp. 



$. 15 mm. Head and thorax pale shining brownish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, second 

 and terminal joints each with three blackish rings. Abdomen ochreous- whitish, beneath 

 with oblique blackish lateral bars. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; shining pale brownish, 

 slightly pinkish-tinged, suffusedly irrorated with fuscous ; a blackish dot on base of costa, 

 edged beneath with whitish; a slightly curved oblique white transverse line at ^, 



