MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



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from Fiji. This and the preceding species may probably have been developed 

 as indigenous species in different island groups, but since interchanged by 

 commerce. 



81. Hieromantis amblyptera, n. sp. 



13 mm. Head shining whitish-ochreous, crown slightly tinged grey. 

 Palpi grey-whitish. Thorax whitish-ochreous somewhat mixed grey. Fore- 

 wings scarcely narrowed posteriorly, rather short-pointed ; light ochreous-grey, 

 irregularly mixed and suffused dark grey ; a brassy-ochreous-whitish patch 

 occupying dorsal half from base to f of wing, its upper edge concave towards 

 middle of wing and edged with dark suffusion ; a dark streak along anterior half 

 of costa, beneath this a streak of pale suffusion rising out of dorsal patch near 

 base ; terminal area suffused brassy- whitish-ochreous, but separated from 

 dorsal patch by dark suffusion : cilia grey. Hindwings (<$) abbreviated, normally 

 broad on basal half but then abruptly and shortly obtuse-pointed, little longer 

 than half forewings ; whitish-ochreous, discal area grey-whitish, a large 

 expansible whitish-ochreous hairpencil from base lying along costa to § ; cilia 

 pale greyish. Forewings beneath dark grey, anterior § whitish-ochreous except 

 on costal margin, with a submedian streak of modified ochreous scales. 

 Upolu, Apia, 1 .000 feet, October ; 2 ex. 



82. Hieromantis inhonorata, n. sp. 



$ 9-10 mm. Head shining ochreous- whitish, forehead more or less tinged 

 coppery-fulvous, crown grey or fuscous. Palpi whitish, terminal joint tinged 

 grey anteriorly. Thorax pale greyish-bronzy, sometimes suffused dark fuscous 

 especially anteriorly. Forewings widest near base, thence narrowed to apex ; 

 pale greyish-bronze, sometimes suffused throughout with dark fuscous irroration : 

 cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, April ; 2 ex. 



83. Calicotis rhizomorpha, n. sp. 



6-7 mm. Head, palpi, thorax shining white. Forewings very acute ; 

 shining white ; a slender somewhat oblique transverse fuscous streak at ^, 

 not reaching costa or dorsum ; a thick longitudinal fuscous streak attenuated 

 posteriorly from disc beyond middle to near apex : cilia white. Hindwings 

 and cilia white. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, November ; 3 ex. Very distinct. 



