HELIODINIDiE. 
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Stathmopoda conioma, n. sp. 
5 . 9 ram. Head, thorax pale greyish-ochreous irrorated dark 
fuscous, posterior third of thorax white. Palpi grey. Fcrewings 
fuscous ; a white basal patch occupying \ of wing, edge straight, 
direct, some dark grey irroration on base of costa ; a broad white 
direct fascia about §: cilia grey. Plindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Java, bred from larva feeding on Pseudococcus , on Cofj'ea (Hr. W. 
Roeplce) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Stathmopoda opticaspis, n. sp. 
<S . 10 mm. Head orange-ochreous, face pearly-whitish. Palpi 
shining whitish. Thorax orange-ochreous, a transverse-oval black 
dorsal blotch containing two silvery-whitish dots. Abdomen light 
grey. Forewings widest near base, pointed ; ochreous-yellow ; 
a silver-whitish basal dot ; an inwards-oblique subbasal fascia 
formed of three confluent black spots, first very small, second 
projecting inwards and tipped with a silvery dot, third smaller and 
followed by a silver-metallic dorsal spot; a broad direct fuscous 
median fascia, space between this and preceding silvery-white 
except on costal edge ; a fuscous blotch occupying apical fourth, 
edge very oblique inwards and almost touching preceding on dorsum : 
cilia light grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Japan, Kii, Hasimoto, September (S'. Issiki ); 1 ex. Allied to 
ccillopis and plinthiom. 
Stathmopoda xanthodesma, n. sp. 
$ . IB mm. Face and forehead golden-whitish, crown orange- 
brown. Palpi golden-whitish, externally second joint yellowish, 
terminal dark fuscous. Antennae white ringed dark fuscous. 
Thorax dark purple-fuscous. Forewings rather narrow, widest 
near base, pointed ; blackish ; two broad orange transverse fasciae, 
first at 3 , narrowed upwards, second at f, narrowed downwards ; 
a small orange apical spot: cilia light grey, darker on costa. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Fiji, Lautoka, October (H . Phillips ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Stathmopoda dryophaea Meyr. 
A 5,11 mm., from original locality, has a slight whitish longi¬ 
tudinal mark on costal edge about f. 
MACHAEROCBATES, n. g. 
Head smooth ; ocelli posterior ; tongue strong. Antennae | (?), 
thickened with rough scales above ($), apex probably naked, 
scape stout, without pecten. Labial palpi extremely long, recurved, 
second joint slightly roughened anteriorly, terminal joint as long 
as second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, rudimentary. 
Posterior tibiae with appressed scales, roughly expanded on origin 
