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COSMOPTERYGID^E. 
Labdia semiramis, n. sp. 
$. 18-19 mm. Head metallic leaden-grey, face shining whitish, 
sides of crown pale pinkish-grey. Palpi pale pinkish-ochreous. 
Antennae pale grey, scape pale pinkish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous- 
brownish, a crimson central stripe, tegulae metallic leaden-grey, a 
crimson spot at base. Posterior legs brownish-ochreous, tibiae 
barred crimson on origin of spurs, with dark grey apical spot, 
tarsal joints with dark grey apical rings. Forewings lanceolate, 
long-pointed, acute; brownish-ochreous, a somewhat irregular 
leaden-metallic median streak from base to §, and one along termen 
from beyond this to apex, tending to he interrupted beneath apex; 
costal area above streak crimson-red from base to about 5, some 
slight crimson suffusion on both sides of streak beyond this; 
elongate-triangular crimson-red blotches from dorsum at base, and 
on dorsum beyond middle ; apical third surrounding terminal streak 
crimson-red: cilia light brownish-ochreous, base suffused crimson. 
Hind wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Solomon Is., Malaita, Auki, bred September from larvae feeding 
on leaves of Cocos nucifera (J. D. Tothill ); 2 ex. A beautiful 
development of the semicoccinea group. 
Labdia niphoxantha, n. sp. 
2 . 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, terminal joint lined 
blackish. Thorax orange, anterior third white. Forewings apex 
produced ; white; two somewhat irregular-edged orange fasciae, 
first at -J, rather curved, second broad, median, somewhat oblique ; 
a fine irregular orange streak from disc at | to apex : cilia whitish, 
on tornal area and beneath apex light orange. Hindwings pale 
grey ; cilia pale ochreous-grey. 
Indian Central Provinces, Dehra Dun, bred July from Litsea 
polyantha (. Lauracece ) (G . D. Bhasin) ; 1 ex. A peculiar form. 
Labdia orthritis, n. sp. 
$ . 10 mm. Head, thorax grey, face iridescent whitish. Palpi 
whitish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark grey. Antennae 
whitish ringed dark grey, apical fourth white with two narrow 
dark grey bands. Forewings dark grey; markings whitish; a 
slightly oblique striga rising from a small spot on middle of costa 
and reaching half across wing; opposite dots on costa at and 
tornus : cilia grey-whitish, two dark grey shades. Hindwings and 
cilia grey. 
Fiji, Hadi (Greenwood); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Pyroderces stagmatophora Wals. 
I have now seen several undoubted specimens of this species 
bred from Andropogon sorghum seed-heads at Kampala, Uganda 
yol. hi. — January 1930. 2 n 
