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Show 1888.] HETEROCERA FROM FIJI. 227 Fam. GEOMETRIDiE. 57. IODIS CHEROMETA. Iodis cherometa, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886, p. 203. One specimen of this pretty species. 58. THALASSODES OPALINA. Thalassodes opalina, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vi. p. 214 ; 111. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. pt. vi. p. 70, t. cxvii. f. 9. Thalassodes saturata, Snell. Tijds. v. Ent. xxiv. p. 77, t. 8. f. 3. This species appears to be very widely distributed. 59. THALASSODES TIMOCLEA, n. sp. (Plate XIII. figs. 6, 8 > 7, $.) 8 . Primaries and secondaries bright green, thickly speckled with very fine white lines, two narrow white lines crossing both the primaries and secondaries from the costal to the inner margin ; underside of all the wings greenish white ; the head, thorax, and abdomen greenish white. Antennae and legs yellowish. 2 . The same colour as the male, but with the primaries crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner margin by a wide creamy white band, and the apical half of the secondaries creamy white ; in all other respects it is identical with the male, excepting that the antennae are simple and not pectinated as in the male. Expanse, o* U inch, 2 Is- This species is quite distinct from any other known to me. Fam. EPHYRID_E. 60. ANISODES SUSPICARIA. Anisodes suspicaria, Snell. Tijds. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 80 ?, t. 5.f. 6,6«-Fam. ACIDALID-E. 61. A C I D A L I A C E R N E A , n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 8, 8 •) Primaries and secondaries pure white, with three very fine waved black lines between the middle and the outer margins of all the wings. Underside uniform silky white, slightly yellowish along the costal margin of the primaries. The head, thorax, and abdomen white. Antennae and legs brown. Male and female alike, excepting that the antennae of the male are rather deeply pectinated, those of the female simple. Expanse, 8 2 > 1 inch. A pretty little species ; it is not closely allied to any known to me. 62. PYTHODORA RHIPISTIS, Meyr. My specimens are identical with those so named in Mr. Mathew's collection now in the British Museum. Fam. MICRONID-E. 63. M I C R O N I A HERM_EA, n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 9.) Primaries and secondaries pure white, the primaries crossed from |