MICRO-LBPIDOPTERA. 



83 



ochreous with faint pinkish tinge. Forewings elongate, widest in middle, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous- whitish with slight rosy tinge, 

 irrorated light brown except on anterior half of costa ; an oblique-triangular 

 rosy-fuscous spot on middle of costa, and four or five suffused oblique strigulae 

 between this and apex ; a rosy -brownish linear dot with two or three black 

 scales just above dorsum before tornus, and one or two others in disc posteriorly ; 

 a slight blackish dot on termen beneath apex : cilia ochreous-whitish, a round 

 apex whiter and speckled light brownish, with brownish median shade. Hind- 

 wings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline towards base, apex suffused light 

 brownish ; cilia whitish-grey. Forewings beneath with dense fringe of long 

 dark grey hairs rising from upper margin of cell from near base to beyond middle, 

 obliquely appressed to upper part of wing. 



? 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark brown, apical margin 

 of second joint broadly whitish sprinkled grey, terminal joint whitish with three 

 dark brown bands, apex dark grey. Thorax light greyish-rosy becoming whitish 

 towards shoulders, edge of shoulder dark fuscous. Forewings light greyish-rosy 

 slightly speckled dark ferruginous, towards anterior half of costa suffused 

 whitish, on posterior half of wing slightly sprinkled whitish ; a cloudy spot 

 of grey suffusion on dorsum at \ ; an oblique semioval spot of dark ferruginous 

 and black irroration on middle of costa, a similar roundish spot in middle of disc, 

 and a smaller spot somewhat before and beneath this ; two very slight marks 

 of similar irroration preceding costal spot, three stronger oblique marks beyond 

 it, and a small spot on dorsum before tornus ; one or two minute linear blackish 

 marks in disc about f , and one on termen beneath apex : cilia greyish, darker 

 basal and postmedian lines. Hindwings light violet-grey, paler and semihyaline 

 anteriorly ; cilia pale greyish, round apex paler and slightly rosy-tinged. 



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



39. Chelaria trachymorpha, n. sp. 



$ 14 mm. Head grey- whitish, sidetufts grey. Palpi dark fuscous, whitish- 

 speckled, second joint broadly expanded with scales towards apex above, and 

 with dense rough projecting scales throughout beneath, terminal joint with 

 long rough obliquely projecting scales posteriorly except at apex. Thorax 

 whitish-grey. Forewings 6 separate ; grey, minutely whitish-speckled ; a 

 subcostal scaletuft preceding a semioval brown blotch edged blackish suffusion 

 occupying costa from \ to beyond middle, beyond this irregular blackish and 



