80 Christmas Island. 



along the dorsum below the fold; cilia at the apex ferruginous, 

 below it white tipped with fuscous, around the tornus plain white. 

 Exp. al. 17 mm. Hind wings pale yellowish brown with a roseate 

 gloss ; cilia pale brownish, tipped with dirty whitish towards their 

 apex. Abdomen pale yellowish brown. Legs pale yellowish 

 brown, the terminal four joints of the hind tarsi darker brownish 

 above, with whitish spot at the joints. 



Type.—^ Mus. Br. 



Jiab. — Christmas Island; March, 1898; unique. (C. W. 

 Andrews.) 



Family TINEID^. 



9. Dendroneura punctata, "Wlsm., sp.n. 



Antennae olivaceous ochreous. Palpi divergent ; whitish 

 ochreous beneath, streaked with fuscous along their upper side. 

 Head pale olivaceous grey ; face flattened, slightly paler. Thorax 

 and fore wings shining pale olivaceous grey, with a greenish iri- 

 descent gloss ; a small fuscous spot lies a little below the costa at 

 three-fourths from the base, and is preceded by a similar small spot 

 on the dorsum ; cilia pale olivaceous greyish. Ex'p. al. 11-12 mm. 

 Hind wings widened near the base, becoming rapidly attenuate 

 beyond the middle to the acute apex ; tawny olivaceous greyish, 

 cilia scarcely paler. Abdomen pale cinereous. Legs with the 

 usual flattened femora characteristic of this genus ; hind tibiae very 

 hairy above ; pale cinereous. 



Co-types (2), Mus. Br. 



JTfli. — Christmas Island; Dec, 1897; Jan.-reb., 1898; ten 

 specimens. (C. "W. Andrews.) 



The species of this genus are said to be attached to sugar-cane 

 and the banana. One has been recorded from the West Indies ; 

 others occur in Hawaiia and the Society and Marquesas Islands. 



