Eastern and Australian Moths. 497 
Genus TIRUVACA, nov. 
g. Fore wings narrower than hind wings, of uniform 
width throughout ; costa straight, becoming « convex shortly 
before apex, which is slightly subfaleate ; outer margin 
oblique, subsinuous, hinder angle obtuse; hinder margin 
strongly convex on basal half: hind wings ample, outer 
margin well rounded; apical and anal angles both well 
marked; antenna slender , minutely subserrate ‘and pubescent ; 
palpi with second and third joints erect in front of face, 
Jaterally flattened, the second joint with a tuft of hairs at 
apex on upperside projecting over the third; tongue and 
frenulum present; femora and tibie densely hairy ; hind 
tibies with four long sharp spurs. 
Fore wing with the cell half as long as the wing; disco- 
cellular concave; veins 1 to 5, the median vein itself, and the 
submedian fold all distorted and sinuous ; vein 2 from just 
beyond middle of cell, bent downwards and closely approxi- 
mated to submedian fold in its outer half; vein 3 from three 
fourths of cell, approximated at first to the median, then 
curved downwards; veins 4 and 5 from lower end of cell, 
co-sinuous at first, then divergent; the median vein itself 
thickened and bent downwards before end of cell; 6 from upper 
angle, 7 and 8 stalked from upper angle, 9 and 10 stalked 
from three fourths, 9 soon anastomosing with 7 and 8; 11 
free, but closely approximated to 10; basal half of cell 
clothed with downy hairs; wing- -membrane between median 
vein and submedian fold fluted and without scales. 
Hind wing with the cell short; costal well separated from 
subcostal; veins 6 and 7 from upper angle of cell; 3, 4, and 
5 close rece from lower angle. 
?. With the fore wings triangular and the veins normal. 
The male is coloured and marked like the female, but the apex 
of the fore wing is more produced, 
Type Ztruvaca (Thermesia) subcostalis, Walker, xxxiii. 
. LU59. 
The type specimen (a female) came from Moulmein. 
Kiriwini, '‘lTrobriand Island. 
Platyja minutipuncta, nov. 
& ¢. Dark olive-brown ; palpi nearly black, with yellow 
tips; antenne yellow at the base ; spots and dots on the 
wings pale grey : fore wings with a subcostal round spot a 
little beyond the middle, a large spot in the lower disc, several 
dots in the interior, a discal row of dots across both wings, 
obsolete towards costa of hind wings, and a marginal row of 
