ONCEROPYGA; TASEMA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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H. nigra diamps. Black; forehead, palpi, underside of abdomen and the legs partly yellowish white, nigra. 
Wings brownish black, with paler fringes; veins of the forewings arising from the cell, in the hindwings the 
3 th radial and 1 st median stalked. Underside of wings uniform brown black. Burmah 1 ¥ in the Elwes collection: 
the ? described by the author probably does not belong here. 
H. sciara spec. nov. (8e). Veins in forewings free; in the hindwings the 1 st median and 3 rd radial are sciara. 
stalked, the 2 nd radial free, but arising near to the stalk. Rear tibia with rudiments of spurs behind the middle. 
Upper side of body and antennae metallic bronze blue green; middle of the forehead, palpi, hips and underside 
of the body pale dirty yellow; legs purple on the upper and greenish on the undersides. Antennae white at 
the tip, these of the ? rather slender. Wings above brownish black: forewings purplish and faintly metallic- 
Hindwings with a transparent streak behind the cell. Undersides greenish brown; hindwings with white 
smudges; fringes white. Length of forewings 7 1 /* to 8 x /. 2 mm. A pair from Amboina, August 1892 (W. Doherty. 
H. assimilis spec. nov. (8f). A ? from the Malacca peninsula/ (Gunang Ijau in Perak) is in color and assimilis. 
neuration quite similar to sciara. The antennae are however much shorter and thicker and without the white 
spot. Underside of the body quite white; fore tibia brownish, middle and rear tibia with brown spots at the 
base and at the ends, tarsi with large brown spots. Hindwings from the base to the end of cell and from 
there to the rear portion of the outer border suffused with white, fringes as well as the outer border of wings 
white; the second radial close to the stalk of the 3 t!l radial'and 1 st median veins. Length of forewings 7 x / 2 mm. 
H. annulipes spec. nov. cf: black, the upperside of antennae and body faintly blue; the forehead, palpi, annidipes 
underside of the body and the middle and rear tibia pale yellow, the end of the tarsi and tibia, the underside 
of the tibia near the base, a half transparent streak on the hind border of the cell of the hindwings, and a 
round spot on the upper corner of cell on the underside of the wings as well as the fringes of'both wings 
white. The rear tibia with two pairs of spurs, the first pair before the middle The 3 th radial of the hindwings 
with the 1 st , median with a somewhat long stalk. Resembles sciara and assimilis. A & from Pulo Laut, 
southeast of Borneo in the Tring Museum, caught by Doherty in June 1891. 
H. thyridota Turn. (8 e). In the forewings the 3 th and 4 th subcostal are stalked; the 3 th radial and the thyridota. 
1 st median coalesced. Blackish brown; upperside of body and forewings bluish, faintly metallic; Hindwings 
from the centre of the base to beyond the end of cell transparent; these windows are composed of a small 
streak inside the cell and a broad one behind the cell, which latter is divided by the 2 th median vein. Sides 
and front of forehead, palpi and the larger portion of the underside of body whitish yellow: legs purple brown, 
white on the shafts. Underside of wings smoky grey, faintly purple; the window irredescent in a sidelight, 
fringes of the hindwings whitish. Length of forewing 6 mm. Batyan, August 1897 (W. Doherty): Cedar Bay 
and Kuranda, Norih Queensland. 
H. purpurata spec. nov. (8f). Veins of both wings arising from the cell; the 1 st median and 3 th radial purpurata. 
of the hindwings coalesced. Upperside of the body and the wings metallic purple blue, somewhat shining. 
Underside of head, palpi, front thighs, middle and rear thighs and a broad streak down the brest and abdomen 
pale yellow; legs and underside of the wings greyish brown black, faintly purple. Length of forewings 4 mm. 
One c? from Milne Bay, British New Guinea, November 1898. (A. S. Meek). 
H. xanthosoma spec. nov. (8f). Veins of both wings arising from the cell; in the hindwings the 1 st tanthosoma. 
median and 3 rd , radial are coalesced. Body and wings above bronze brown, faintly metallic. Face, palpi, legs, 
collar, the greater portion of the upperside of abdomen and the whole of the underside, a portion of the 
uppersid.es of the antennae and the middle of the hindwings, as well as on the undersides two streaks on the 
forewings and the greater portion of the hindwings pale yellow. 
Sula Islands, October 1897 (W. Doherty). 
Length of forewings 6 mm. Two d'd' from 
Mangoli 
5. Genus: Onceropyga Turn. 
?: Palpi very small Antennae thickened and also in the ? slightly pectinated to the tip. Rear tibia 
without middle spurs. In the forewings all veins are present, the 4 th and 5 th subcostal stalked; in the hindwings 
likewise all veins are present, the subcostal and 1 st radial seperated. Resembles Homophijlotis, but differs in 
the shorter palpi and in the antennae being pectinated up to the tip. 
0. anelia Turn. ¥: blackish brown; palpi whitish; end of abdomen with a greenish metallic sheen, anelia. 
Forewings with a sprinkling of greyish white scales, which are gathered into an indistinct band in the middle 
and before the border. Hindwings blackish, thinly scaled, with blackish fringes. Expanse 15—16 mm. 
Toowoomba, Queensland in April. Not known to me in nature. 
6. Genus: Tasema Walk. 
Antennae of cT strongly pectinated, simple at the ends, peculiar in the ¥, strongly swollen behind the 
middle and covered, with long hair scales, then again considerably contracted. Palpi very 
short. Rear tibia 
