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whitish, some irregular scattered grey irroration, a few small dark 
fuscous strigulse ; some grey suffusion at base followed by a dark 
fuscous stria; a narrow angulated brown fascia at |, marked 
blackish on costa, followed by a blackish-grey transverse dorsal 
blotch reaching half across wing ; central fascia narrow, oblique, 
brown, marked blackish on posterior edge, with projection below 
middle; blackish-brown spots on costa at | and apex, and two 
small spots between these; a large irregular-edged roundish brown 
blotch resting on lower half of termen and extending | across 
wing: cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings grey, in pale basally but 
without tornal expansion; cilia whitish-grey, a grey subbasal line. 
Nsw Hebrides, Efate, July {Buxton) ; 3 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Resembles the Australian physophora, but without the strong 
modification of <$ hindwings of that species. 
Polychrosis orthomorpha, n. sp. 
5 . 11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-ochreous, palpi with a 
more or less developed spot of dark brown suffusion on second 
joint. Forewings termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, 
some faint brownish-ochreous transverse striation; a more or less 
marked brownish-ochreous transverse spot from costa at marked 
blackish on costa; a direct median dark brown and grey band 
suffusedly marked black especially on costal half, nearly equally 
broad throughout, but with posterior half lighter or little marked 
and more suffused on dorsal half, with somewhat darker spot on 
tornus; two small dark brown spots on costa towards apex; an 
inwards-oblique brownish fasciate lobe from termen above tornus 
expanded into a roundish blotch in disc: cilia light brownish- 
ochreous, obscurely barred paler. Hindwings grey; cilia light 
grey. 
New Hebrides, Efate, Espiritu Santo, July, August {Buxton) ; 
2 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Statherotis catharota, n. sp. 
c? • 10-12 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, face white. Palpi 
dark fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second white. Forewings 
rather dilated, costa gently arched, termen straight, somewhat 
oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; markings dark fuscous, finely blackish- 
edged; basal patch occupying nearly 3 of wing, edge straight, little 
oblique; central fascia broad, somewhat oblique, edges rather 
sinuate; a moderate terminal fascia confluent with this on lower 
half, but in one specimen only indicated by some faint shading and 
a single darker stria; costa between this and central fascia with 
small dark fuscous marks separating three pairs of short whitish 
strignlae ; about four small black marginal spots round apex: cilia 
grey, darker above apex, ochreous-whitish towards tornus. Hind¬ 
wings and cilia rather light grey ; <$ a slender expansible whitish 
hairpencil lying beneath costa from near base to near middle, a 
small light ochreous-yellow spot beneath its apex. 
Andamans, Port Blair, July, October ( Ferrar) ; 2 ex. 
