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margin pinkish ; cell-spots and exterior line dark and distinct 

 in both wings. 



One male from Hobart, expanding 40 millim. 



Hyperbalanotis, gen. nov. 



Fore wings with straight costa in the female, in the male 

 with the basal two thirds rather convex, and at two thirds 

 distorted in consequence of the neuration ; apex blunt ; hind 

 margin obliquely curved. Hind wings rounded, not much 

 broader than fore wings. Antennas of female moniliform, of 

 male slightly pubescent ; palpi in female erect in front of 

 face, terminal joint aculeate, in the male thicker and applied 

 to face ; antennal appendage of male large, club-like, reaching 

 middle of thorax. 



Type H. achatina, Butler {6rlossina) } 111. Lep. Het. ii. 

 p. 56, pi. xxxviii. fig. 10. 



Hyperbalanotis olivacea, sp. n. 



Fore wings yellowish olive, more or less suffused with dark 

 grey, and here and there with reddish tints ; first line blackish, 

 sinuous, but only distinct on the inner margin, its course 

 marked by a pale yellowish-olive band, unsuffused by grey ; 

 the basal area with a broad, dark-grey, diffuse band through 

 its centre ; second line black, distinctly denticulate, forming 

 a distinct outward curve in the centre, and immediately fol- 

 lowed by a narrow yellowish-olive space ; marginal space 

 partially filled up with dark grey ; median area with a diffuse 

 blackish band down the centre; a black linear cell-spot along 

 the inner margin, and in the neighbourhood of the anal angle 

 are some scattered reddish scales; fringes chequered olive 

 and dark grey, preceded by a series of black patches. Hind 

 wings dark fuscous ; fringes as in fore wings. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen dull olive, mottled with grey. Underside 

 ochreous, much suffused with grey towards the costa and hind 

 margin in both wings. 



One male from Japan, expanding 26 millim. 



Deuterollyta, Led. 

 Type D. conspiciialis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. vii. p. 359. 



Deuterollyta variegata, sp. n. 



Fore wings pale, variably suffused with a mixture of green 

 and pinkish scales ; an indistinct dark transverse band at one 



