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PYRAUSTIDiE. 
Aulacodes nephelanthopa, n. sp. 
5 . 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax rather dark fuscous. Fore¬ 
wings fuscous, basal third dark fuscous, roundish orbicular dark 
fuscous, adjoining edge of dark area, separated by a quadrate white 
spot from quadrate dark fuscous discal blotch on end of cell; dorsal 
half of median area suffusedly mixed while; narrow orange 
subterminal ahd terminal fasciae not reaching costa or dorsum, 
subterminal connected with costa by a dark fuscous spot and 
partially obliterated with dark fuscous on upper half, space between 
these fasciae white, terminal edged dark fuscous anteriorly, and 
posteriorly by a slender fuscous streak containing six small dark 
fuscous spots larger upwards : cilia greyish, a fuscous subbasal shade. 
Hindwings whitish-grey ; a broad angular fascia of dark grey 
suffusion at J ; an orange fasciate streak from middle of disc to 
tornus, thence along dorsum to near middle : area between cell and 
terminal fascia more whitish, irregularly strigulated transversely 
or reticulated dark fuscous ; an orange terminal fascia containing six 
black spots enclosing round white dots, third and fourth confluent 
except on termen ; cilia as in forewings. 
Fiji, Vunidawa, May (. H . Phillips); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Bradina porphyroclista, n. sp. 
<3 . 18 mm. Head light yellowish, face fuscous, with two small 
whitish lateral spots. Palpi dark fuscous, basal joint and lower 
part of second white. Thorax light brassy-yellow, shoulders 
purplish-fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly 
moderately arched, termen obliquely rounded; orange-yellow: 
a purple-bronzy costal streak throughout, broader before first line 
and beyond second, continued as a narrow purplish-fuscous terminal 
fascia to tornus, where it forms a subquadrate blotch ; markings 
darker purple-fuscous, first line before -J-, straight, direct, second 
from | of costa to | of dorsum, curved-bent in middle, thickened 
towards extremities, a discal lunate mark touching costal streak : 
cilia dark grey. Hindwings rather light yellow ; second line very 
fine, irregular, purplish-grey, from middle of disc to tornus; 
a purplish-grey apical blotch, attenuated to middle of termen ; cilia 
grey. 
Fiji, Vunidawa, January ( II . Phillips ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
ASPHAEASTIS, n. g. 
Face rounded ; tongue developed. Antennae f, <3 filiform, simple. 
Labial palpi moderate, recurved, second joint evenly thickened with 
appressed scales, terminal joint | of second, cylindrical, obtuse- 
pointed. Maxillary palpi short, ascending, filiform. Hind tibiae 
outer spurs half inner. Forewings 3-5 approximated at base, 
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