PHYCITIDiE. 
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PLATYCRATES, n. g. 
Tongue short, scaled. Antennae <5 dentate, ciliated, scape short. 
Labial palpi moderate, curved, subascending, rather slender, with 
oppressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, tolerably 
pointed. Maxillary palpi rather short, subascending, slightly 
thickened with scales. Forewings 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 
short-stalked, 5 absent, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 nearly approximated. 
Hindwings cell 2 rather remote, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 out 
of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 
Allied to the Epliestia group. 
Platycrates gypsopeda, n. sp. 
5 . 11-14 mm. Head, thorax whitish more or less mixed 
grey, face rather dark grey. Antennal ciliations <4 lijr. Palpi 
whitish mixed grey, maxillary palpi blackish. Forewings rather 
elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, termen rounded, some¬ 
what oblique; whitish sprinkled grey ; some dark grey suffusion 
at base ; first line thick, whitish, oblique, straight, followed by 
a streak of dark grey suffusion more or less expanded on costa ; 
two small indistinct grey spots placed transversely on end of cell; 
second line rather thick, white, nearly parallel to termen, enclosed 
between thick streaks of rather dark grey suffusion ; a terminal 
series of small triangular dark grey spots: cilia grey-whitish. 
Hindwings light grey or whitisli-grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 
Fiji, Lautoka, February, July ( H . Phillips) ; 4 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). 
Trissonca leucosymbola, n. sp. 
2 . 17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous, crown and tegulse 
tinged crimson. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa nearly 
straight, termen rounded, rather oblique ; dark fuscous ; a narrow 
oblique white fascia, slightly crimson-tinged on edges, from costa 
at |, reaching | across wing ; a patch of white irroration occupying 
costal third from about middle to i, enclosing a round dark fuscous 
spot beyond upper angle of cell; a triangular patch of whitish 
irroration resting on upper half of termen, its apex extending 
vaguely to cell, separated from preceding by an oblique rhomboidal 
blotch from costa: cilia whitish-fuscous, a fuscous subbasal line, 
towards apex of wing suffused white. Hindwings grey; cilia 
light grey, a darker subbasal line. 
Fiji, Suva, October (H . W. Simmonds ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
The genus Trissonca Meyr. (1882) is identical with and supersedes 
Heterographis Ragonot (1885). 
CERATAGRA, n. g. 
Tongue developed. Antennse rf minutely ciliated, scape 
extremely stout, smooth-scaled, 2 normal. Labial palpi <$ rather 
short, curved, ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint 
somewhat shorter than second, conical, 2 rather long, recurved, 
