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Genus ANOMIS. 
Anomis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 249 (1827) exacta , Hiibn. 
Cosmophila, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. p. 94 (1833) ... flava, Fabr. 
Gonitis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 403 (1852) editrix, Guen. 
Amarna, Walk. x. 477 (1856) discursa, Walk. 
Rusicada, Walk. xiii. 1006 (1857) fulvida, Guen. 
Sccedisa, Walk. xiii. 1007 (1857) pida, Sepp. 
Ristra, Walk. xv. 1842 (1858) illita, Guen. 
Deremma, Walk, xxxiii. 863 (1865/ simulatrix, Walk. 
Tiridata , Walk, xxxiii. 870 (1865) subulifera, Guen. 
Capitaria, Walk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 42 (1869) ... sablineata, Walk. 
Deinopalpus, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 47 (1894) leona, Scliaus. 
Alabama, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. xiv. p. 122 
(1896) argillacea, Hiibn. 
Eualabama, Grote, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xxxiv. p. 419 
(1895), non descr. argillacea, Hiibn. 
Molopa, Swinh. A. M. N.H. (7) ix. p. 420 (1902) planalis, Swinh. 
Anomis esocampta, n. sp. 
Cosmophila vitiensis, Hmpsn. Monogr. Christmas I. p. 67, pi. is. f. 12 
(1900), nec Butl. 
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; antennae 
red-brown ; palpi and fore and mid legs bright red-brown ; 
pectus and hind legs whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen 
dark grey-brown with some whitish at base, the ventral 
surface red-brown, white towards base. Fore wing red-brown 
tinged with grey and striated with blackish, the veins of 
terminal area finely streaked with whitish ; antemedial line 
indistinct, brown, oblique and sinuous to median nervure, 
then incurved and excurved above inner margin ; a white 
point defined by dark brown in middle of cell ; reniform 
dark brown, ill-defined ; postmedial line dark brown slightly 
defined on outer side by white, excurved to vein 4, then 
retracted to lower angle of cell with a slight downwards curve 
at vein 3, then erect and straight to inner margin ; sub- 
terminal line very indistinct and formed by blackish striae, 
oblique to discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ; 
the termen and cilia chocolate-brown, the latter with a fine 
pale line at base and white tips except at middle. Hind 
wing dark brown with a reddish tinge, the cilia with a fine 
white line at base and white tips. Underside of fore wing 
grey-brown, the costal area and terminal area towards apex 
bright red-brown, the former with some white irroration 
towards apex ; hind wing whitish, the costal area and terminal 
area except towards tornus tinged and streaked with bright 
red-brown, the inner area suffused with grey -brown. 
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with 
blackish. 
Hab. Christmas I. (Andrews), 4 2 $ type. Exp. 30- 
34 millim. 
