from the Solomon Islands. 245 



external brown area, only half as wide as in the primaries, 

 interrupted \>j one large spot close to abdominal margin and 

 bounded internally by a wide blackish stripe ; anal tuft of ab- 

 domen coloured much as above. Expanse of wings 35 millim, 



Alu. 



This superbly coloured moth must either stand between 

 the genera Palyas and DissophtJialmus ^ or between the latter 

 and O'phthalmo^liora. 



EphyridsB. 



8. Anisodes pauper J sp. n. 



Allied to A. absconditaria^ pale pink ; wings above crossed 

 obliquely by greyish stripes and sparsely irrorated with 

 blackish scales : primaries crossed in the middle by two diver- 

 gent stripes, the inner one arched, the outer acutely angulated 

 towards each extremity so as to form a long Z ; two angu- 

 lated and zigzag submarginal lines, the inner one regularly 

 dotted with black ; a marginal series of black dots, one or 

 two towards the base and one at the end of the cell : secon- 

 daries crossed near the base by an abbreviated line on which 

 are two black dots ; a central diffused stripe and two nar- 

 rower discal stripes parallel to outer margin, the inner of 

 these stripes regularly edged externally with black points ; a 

 marginal series of black dots ; abdomen rather more pink 

 than the thorax. Under surface sericeous creamy white ; 

 wings with small dusky discocellular spots ; a discal zigzag 

 series of black dots, and a slender zigzag brown marginal 

 line; anterior tibiae brown above. Expanse of wings 38 

 millim. 



Malayta. 



This is about the most indistinctly marked species in the 

 genus, the stripes being about as much pronounced as in the 

 British Idcea strigilata^ rather less than more so. 



Idaeidae. 

 9. Ochodontia subochrea^ sp. n. 



(J. Above pale sericeous golden buff; primaries indis- 

 tinctly speckled with grey on the costa ; a small sandy testa- 

 ceous spot at the end of the cell and a straight oblique stripe 

 from apical seventh of costal to external third of inner margin ; 

 an imperfect dark brown edging to the apical sinus : secon- 

 daries with a small silvery white spot at the end of the cell 

 and a straight oblique sandy testaceous stripe across the 

 middle : head dark brown ; pectinations of antennse grey ; 



