SCHOENOBIADJE. 
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SCHOENOBIADiE. 
ALLOPERISSA, n. g. 
Face rounded; tongue absent. Antennae J flat-dentate, 
biciliated. Labial palpi very short, porrect, slender, loosely scaled, 
pointed. Maxillary palpi longer and broader than labial, and 
extending much beyond them, porrect, thickened with loose rough 
scales, brushlike. Anterior tibiae and tarsi roughened with scales 
beneath; hind tibiae smooth, outer middle spur half inner. Fore¬ 
wings 2 from 3-5 approximated basally, 7 from near stalk of 
8 and 9, 10 nearly approximated towards base, 11 free. Hindwings 
over 1, without cubital pecten ; 2 from j, 3-5 approximated basally, 
7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 
Allied to Ramila. 
Alloperissa creagraula, n, sp. 
<3 . 20-22 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen white. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently arched, termen rather 
obliquely rounded; white; a slender brownish-orange costal streak 
from near base to | ; first line at |, cloudy, dark grey, represented 
by a spot from costal streak, and an incomplete line on dorsal half; 
discal spot rounded-triangular, fulvous, partly suffused dark grey 
beneath, more or less confluent with costal streak; second line 
represented only by a small dark grey spot or mark from beneath 
extremity of costal streak; two small blackish-grey marks on termen 
beneath apex, and two others in middle : cilia white, grey bars on 
median spots of termen and at apex. Hindwings white ; a small 
blackish-grey mark on middle of dorsum, and a spot at tornus; 
a blackish-grey dot in middle of termen ; cilia white. 
Fiji, Vunidawa, March, April (If. Phillips) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). 
LIMNOPSARES, n. g. 
Characters of Schoenobius , but forewings 4 and 5 short-stalked, 
6 and 7 stalked, 10 out of 8. 
A development of Schoenobius. 
Limnopsares gymnastica, n. sp. 
2 • 30-34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-ochreous or ochreous- 
whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen somewhat obliquely 
rounded ; ochreous-whitish, suffusedly sprinkled fuscous between 
veins ; dark fuscous dots on fold at about ^ and §, a macular streak 
of dark fuscous suffusion from beneath apex to second of these; 
a terminal series of dark fuscous dots : cilia whitish. Hindwings 
and cilia white ; some grey dots on upper part of termen. 
Belgian Congo, Kibombo and Niembo, June, July (C. Seydel) ; 
2 ex. (type Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
PARACENTRXSTXS, n. g. 
Face rounded ; tongue short. Antennae f, <S filiform, minutely 
pubescent. Labial palpi very long, straight, porrect, second joint 
