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ochreous- whitish. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, apex produced, acute, upturned ; 

 ochreous-whitish, suffusedly mixed with yellow-ochreous, with some minute scattered 

 blackish specks ; two undefined oblique yellow-ochreous streaks from dorsum anteriorly, 

 and an oblique yellow-ochreous blotch on costa posteriorly, edged by two very oblique 

 black costal strigulse, first very short, second moderately long : cilia whitish, with 

 a blackish mark at base above apex, a median blackish line, and sprinkled with blackish 

 towards tornus. Hindwings with pencil of long hairs from base lying along costa ; 

 ochreous-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex with two lines of blackish points. 

 Mahe, Port Victoria, in February ; one specimen. 



100. Decadarchis molynta, n. sp. 



<??. 12 — 19 mm. Head and thorax whitish-fuscous, variably mixed with fuscous. 

 Palpi in $ long, in ? very long, fuscous, second joint towards apex and terminal joint 

 clothed with long rough projecting scales beneath and shorter ones above. Abdomen 

 in $ light yellow-ochreous, in £ fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, strongly upturned, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish-fuscous sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous, sometimes suffused with fuscous ; markings formed by fuscous suffusion 

 mixed with dark fuscous or blackish ; four angulated series of three cloudy spots each, 

 first series near base, the spots on costa in middle and at f , and in disc before and 

 beyond middle largest and most distinct ; a cloudy apical spot : cilia whitish-fuscous, 

 round apex fuscous with three blackish lines. Hindwings in $ light ochreous-yellowish, 

 with an elongate- oval patch of fulvous modified scales beneath costa anteriorly, concealed 

 by forewings, in $ light fuscous ; cilia in $ whitish, in ? whitish-fuscous. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate (1000 feet), Port Victoria, and Anonyme Island; Silhouette, 

 Mare aux Cochons plateau and south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 1000 — 1500 feet; Bird Island, 

 Seychelles ; Praslin ; from July to September, and in January and February, twenty-eight 

 specimens. I have this species also from the Chagos Islands and Amirantes Islands 

 (Fletcher). 



101. Decadarchis eurylyta, n. sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head white. Palpi long, white, second joint with moderately long 

 projecting scales, mixed with dark fuscous towards base. Thorax bronzy-ochreous, 

 patagia white. Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 pointed, slightly upturned, termen slightly sinuate, very oblique ; white, sufmsedly 

 mixed with bronzy-ochreous along fold and posteriorly ; markings purplish-fuscous mixed 

 with blackish ; a spot on costa near base ; an oblique patch from dorsum at -g-, crossing 

 fold ; a moderate rather oblique fascia from middle of costa, reaching f across wing ; 

 a similar fascia from f of costa to near termen, thence curved round to apex. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey- whitish. 



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

 condition. Allied to an undescribed New Guinea species. 



Ereunetis Meyr. 

 ■ 102. Ereunetis scaligera, n. sp. 



<?¥• 7 — 8 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, centre of crown with a few 



