400 ]\Ir. "W. L. Distant on Iloinoptem. 



and boneatli ocliraceous, witli some castaneous suflfusions, 

 especially on the lateral areas ; sternum and legs stramineous ; 

 te<iniina and wings pale hyaline witii some opaline reflections ; 

 tegmina with the base narrowly pale ocliraceous, terminating 

 in a subhasal fuscous spot on costal area, a somewhat large 

 fuscous spot before apex of costal area, another near a[)ex, a 

 series of smaller fu-cous spots on apical margin, and a still 

 smaller spot on upper yein of radial area ; wings with some 

 subapical marginal spots ; antennge robust, ocliraceous, third 

 joint infuscate. 



Long., excl. tegni., 2 mm. ; exp. 10 mm. 



Ilab. Queensland {F. P. JJudd, Brit. Mus.). 



Genus ZORAIDA. 



Thracw, Westw, Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 10 (1842), nom. pra;occ. 

 Zoraida, Kiik. Entomologist, 1900, p. 24:?, u. liom. 



Type, Z. sinuosa, Westw. 



Zoraida nivifera. 



Thrucia nivifera, "Walk. Jouin. Liim. Sue, Zool. x. p. 137 (1867). 

 Thracia abrujyta, Walk. loc. cit. 



Ilab. Batchian, Gilolo. 



Zoraida cos talis. 



Thracia costalis, "Walk. Journ. lAnn. Sue, Zool. x. p. 136 (1867). 

 Thracia dorsalis, Walk. loc. cit. p. 137. 



Jlah. Batchian, New Guinea. 



Zoraida scutellaris. 



Thracia scufellaris. Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. x. p. 135 (1867). 

 Thracia anticalis, Walk. /oc. cit. p. Ici6. 

 Thracia se.rnotata, Walk. luc. cit. p. 139. 



Hah. Morty, Mysol, Aru. 



Zoraida Wcdkeri, n. nom. 



Thracia nervosa, Walk. Jouiti. Linn. Soc, Zool. x. p. 135 (1667), nom. 

 praeocc. 



Hah. ]\]ysol, New Guinea. 



Zoroida horjieensis^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, body beneath, and legs 

 stramineous ; abdomen above brownish ochraceuus, it and 



