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anteriorly edged with hlack: stigmata rather large, hlack, partly edged with white, 

 united by a trifurcate white line, plical beneath first discal; a suffused white oblique line 

 running along central fifth of costa and thence to above second discal stigma, and an 

 oblique white costal striga near beyond this, separated from it by blackish suffusion; 

 a suffused white mark along lower part of termen, and two small wedgeshaped white 

 marks on upper part, separated with black; a small white wedgeshaped mark on 

 costa towards apex, followed by some black suffusion: cilia pale greyish-ochreous, round 

 apex whitish with a black hook, beneath apex with a basal patch of black suffusion 

 between the white wedgeshaped marks. Hindwings grey; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 

 Mahe, near Morne Blanc, 1000 feet, in October; one specimen. 



49. Stagmatophora acris, n. sp. 



<??. 8 — 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, back of crown more or less suffused with 

 pinkish-brown, eyes marginally suffused with crimson. Palpi whitish, terminal joint with 

 blackish subapical band. Antennae whitish ringed with dark fuscous, towards apex 

 with several alternate blackish and whitish bands. Thorax light pinkish-ochreous-brown. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate, very long-pointed ; light pinkish- 

 ochreous-brown ; an oblique curved whitish transverse line at -j, edged anteriorly with 

 some black scales on lower half, posteriorly suffused, expanded towards costa and marked 

 on posterior edge with a black subcostal dot ; stigmata irregular, black, partly edged with 

 white, first discal in middle, plical beneath it; termen somewhat marked with whitish, 

 especially towards apex: cilia light pinkish-ochreous-brown, towards tornus light grey, 

 beneath apex mixed with black at base. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



Mahe", Mare aux Cochons, Morne Blanc, and Cascade Estate, about 1000 feet; Felicite ; 

 from September to December, thirty-three specimens. 



50. Stagmatophora tentoria, n. sp. 



$%. 8 — 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, back of crown tinged with pinkish-ochreous. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, with three fuscous rings of second joint and two of terminal 

 indistinctly indicated, and a blackish subapical band. Antennae whitish ringed with 

 dark fuscous, towards apex with several alternate blackish and whitish bands. Thorax 

 ochreous-brown, with white postmedian bar. Abdomen grey, three basal segments 

 yellow-whitish with black margins. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate; ochreous- 

 brown; base narrowly white; a slender direct white transverse fascia at \, somewhat 

 expanded on costa and containing a black subcostal dot; a slender white median fascia 

 forming two diverging branches on lower half, marked with a black dot on anterior edge 

 beneath costa, and another at furcation, latter sometimes obsolete; an inwai'dly oblique 

 white mark from costa at f , edged posteriorly with blackish; a white streak along termen, 

 interrupted rather above middle, upper portion black-edged beneath: cilia ochreous-brown, 

 towards tornus grey, on termen with a black basal line towards apex. Hindwings and 

 cilia dark grey. 



Mahe\ Cascade Estate, 1000 feet; Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons plateau, 1000 feet; 

 in September and February, eight specimens. Also taken in Chagos Islands, in May, by 

 Mr T. B. Fletcher. 



