420 Col. C. Swinlioe on neio 



Marane ruhricorpus, nov. 



S . Antennae with the sliaft white, plumes pale rod; head, 

 thorax, and fore wings white, suffused in parts with pale 

 brownish ochreous : on the fore wings the interspaces below 

 tjje median vein and vein 3 and also the interspace between 

 veins 4 and 5 opposite the end of cell are pure white ; three 

 transverse thick brown lines or thin bands — subbasal, ante- 

 and postniedial — all curving outwards a little, the antemedial 

 band with a sharp outward angle below the costa : hind wings 

 nearly white, unmarked, suffused with chestnut-red on the 

 abdominal margin : abdomen dark bright chestnut-red ; anal 

 tuft white ; cilia of both wings white. Underside dull white, 

 without markings. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Koebourne, W. Australia [Clement). 



Allied to M. isalella, White. 



Family Haliadae. 



Genus COSSEDIA. 

 Cossedici, Walker, xxxiv. 1277 (18Go). 



Cossedia erateinalis. 



Cossedia erateinalie, Walker, xxxiv. 1277 ; Swinb. Cat. Ilet. Mus. Oxon. 

 ii. p.590{]900). 



Type, Sarawak, Borneo, in 0. M. 



This is a Noctuid, and not a Drepanulid, as shown in Cat. 

 Het. Mus. Oxon. The genus Cossedia is closely allied to 

 Moore's genus Chandi'ca, type quadratipennis, and should 

 come immediately after the Acontiidre. 



Family Gouopteridae. 



Genus MOLOPA, nov. 



Palpi upturned reaching as high as the vertex of the head, 

 smoothly scaled; second joint twice as long as the first, 

 terminal joint short, about one fifth the length of second ; 

 Irons rounded; antenna; of male bipectinatcd for five sixths 

 their length, the pectinations short : fore wings with the 

 costa strait^ht, apex acute, outer margin erect and slightly 

 rounded ; hinder margin nearly as long as the costa, curving 

 slightly outwards to near the base, where it is bent inwards; 

 veins H and 4 from lower angle of cell, 5 from just above 

 lower angle, 6 from just below upper angle ; 7, 8, and 9 

 .stalked; 10 joined to 7 near its base, thus forming a small 



