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outer fourth as in D. Mppialis. Hind wing like fore wing, 

 without the yellow fascia, and paler, more fuscous, towards 

 the base. Abdomen cinereous ; head and thorax purplish. 



Expanse of wings 16 millim. 



Like D. Mppialis in colour and D. imitatrix in markings. 



One male from Espiritu Santo. 



Dastira imitatrix, sp. n. 



Wings coppery red, dusted thinly with coarse black scales. 

 Fore wing with an oblique yellow blotch running from the 

 inner margin nearly to the costa, before which the basal area 

 is purplish ; the blotch is bounded externally by the fine 

 blackish first transverse line ; costal margin of the basal area 

 above the thickening blackish ; second line blackish, starting 

 at about two thirds of the costa, and running more or less 

 parallel to the hind margin, so forming a blunt curve out- 

 wards ; fringes with a black, somewhat interrupted, basal 

 line, which is continued round the apex as far as the start of 

 the second line. Hind wing with one curved line. Abdo- 

 men reddish ochreous ; head and thorax purplish, like the 

 basal area of the fore wings. 



Expanse of wings 22 millim. 



Two males, from Espiritu Santo. 



Subfamily Pyralidinje. 

 Tyspanodes, gen. nov. 



Like Tyspana, Moore, except in the labial palpi, which 

 are upcurved along the forehead, rising as high as the vertex, 

 whereas in Tyspana they are quite short. 



Type T. nigrolinealis, Moore (Filodes), Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond. 1867, p. 95. 



Tyspanodes flaviventer, sp. n. 



Fore wing white, with the extreme base yellowish ; the 

 intervals between the veins marked with thick black lines j 

 in the cell are two subquadrate black spots and three more 

 irregularly shaped towards the base ; fringes chequered, 

 black and white. Hind wing yellow, with broad black apex. 

 Legs black and white ; head and thorax ochreous ; abdomen 

 yellow, with black anal segment. 



Expanse of wings 26 millim. 



One male, Darjiling. 



