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178. Pygospila bivitralis Wlk. 



179. p. MARGiNALis, sp. 11. (Plate lY.) 



Head purplish grey ; palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark grey 

 above, shining white below ; legs w^hite ; patagia grey shot with 

 purple. Fore wing grey shot with purple ; a white patch on vein 

 below costa at two-thirds length of wing from base, 2 mm. wide, 

 ending in three white dots towards inner margin ; a second white 

 patch between base and first patch ; between this and angle of 

 wing two smaller patches and one still smaller on inner margin ; 

 fringes grey. Hind wing dark grey shot with purple, discal 

 portion semitransparent with central spot and serrated dark band ; 

 fringes white. 



Exp. 45 mm. 



Hah. Mafalu. 



180. P. iMPERiALis, sp. n. (Plate lY.) 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, striped with white; palpi 

 black, first and second joints white; underside white. Fore 

 wing dark grey shot with rich purple ; a round white spot near 

 base surrounded by fovu" white dots ; two median, two postmedian, 

 and two smaller anteterminal white blotches. Hind wing : 

 ground-colour as fore wing, one long triangular basal blotch, five 

 other blotches on disc. Fringes dark, flecked with white at angle 

 of wing. 



Exp. 36 mm. 



Hah. Ekeikei, Kebea. 



181. Heortia vitessoides Moore. 



182. H. DOMiNALis Led. 



183. POLYTHLIPTA MACRALIS Moore. 



184. p. DivARiCATA Moore. 



185. Lepyrodes perspicata Fabr. 



186. Metroia nebulalis Wlk. 



187. Leucinodes apicalts Hmpsn. 



188. Sameodes tristalis, sp. n. (Plate lY.) 



Head, legs, antennae, and palpi very dark grey ; thorax slightly 

 paler ; abdomen with first three segments paler. Fore wing dark 

 grey with a V-shaped white transverse mark having its apex on 

 the inner margin ; near the outer margin of this mark is a thin 

 angulated dark line. Hind wing dark with irregular transverse 

 paler band ; fringes dark, spotted with white. 



Exp. 24 mm. 



Hah. Dinawa. 



189. Meroctena staintoni Led. 



190. Thuptoceras octoguttale Feld. 



