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MjEpha, Walker. 



11. IVLepha ditis, n. sp. 



Primaries bright yellow, with the veins and two marginal lines 

 carmine ; base and outer border sparsely sprinkled with black 

 scales ; two parallel irregular transverse black lines, the first central, 

 the second discal ; secondaries pink with white fringe ; head and 

 thorax bright yellow, tegulse edged internally with carmine ; abdo- 

 men pink : primaries below rosy with yellow borders and traces of 

 two greyish transverse belts ; body below cream-coloured, anterior 

 legs and palpi rose-coloured. Expanse 6 lines. Espiritu Santo. 



Barsinella, n. gen. 



Allied to Barsine (section of Miltochrista), but the wings com- 

 paratively much broader, shorter, and more densely scaled ; the 

 costal margin of the primaries angulated, the under surface of these 

 wings crossed at the end of the cell by a perfect fence of long con- 

 vergent hairs ; the costal margin of primaries with a central fringe 

 of long hairs, the last two or three segments of the abdomen densely 

 fringed with hair. 



Type, B. mirabilis. 



12. Barsinella mirabilis, n. sp. 



Primaries bright cadmium yellow, two black spots at the base, 

 a ^-shaped marking near the base, two irregular parallel central 

 lines, and a discal series of clots black, a G-shaped marking at the 

 end of the cell and the outer margin carmine, fringe golden yellow ; 



Barsinella mirabilis. 



secondaries rose-red ; head and thorax cadmium -yellow, a black 

 spot on each shoulder ; abdomen whitish : primaries below yellow, 

 the basal half of costal border and a discal series of dots black ; 

 secondaries paler than above ; body ochraceous. Expanse 7 lines. 



Espiritu Santo. 



NyCTEMERIDjE. 



Aletis, Hiibner. 

 13. Aletis tenuis, n. sp. 



Wings fulvous, semitransparent ; primaries with the costal and 

 external margins and a broad subquadrate apical patch enclosing a 

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