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Show 546 MR. W. F. KIRBY ON THE [Dec. 4, the primaries : body whity brown, slightly yellowish; palpi the terminal joint dark grey at the sides ; under surface pale whity brown ; the wings slightly suffused with grey. Expanse of wings 24 millim. No exact locality given. It is unfortunate that the male was not obtained; for, although no genus corresponding with this moth appears to have been described either as a Noctuid or a Deltoid, the characters of the male would indicate the affinities of the genus with greater certainty than those of the female. PYRALID-E. 9. PYRALIS LISTERI, sp. n. Allied to P. gerontesalis of Ceylon, but decidedly smaller, the outer black-edged white line of the primaries much less irregular and considerably nearer to the outer margin, and those of the secondaries ill-defined and partly obsolete. Expanse of wings 13 millim. Seven examples, five of which, however, are rubbed clear of scales ; without exact locality. B O A R M I I G JE. 10. B O A R M I A COMPACTARIA. Boarmia compactaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxvi. p. 1538 (1862). Evidently a variable species; three males were obtained, one on a tree-trunk in Flying-Fish Cove on September 30th, the others on the 3rd and 4th October. The type of B. compactaria was received from Penang. 10. O n the Insects (exclusive of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) of Christmas Island. By W . F. K I R B Y , Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. [Eeceived October 15, 1888.] It is unnecessary for me to preface my paper with remarks general affinities of the insects collected by Mr. Lister. Most of the species that he obtained prove to be new, and the greater part even of these exhibit no very great affinity to any already contained in the British Museum. A few species obtained (chiefly small Orthoptera, several of which are immature) are not noticed, as we do not yet possess enough material for descriptions to be useful. ORTHOPTERA. FoRFICULIDiE. LABIDURA NIGRICORNIS, sp. n. Long. corp. 18-20 millim. Black ; head smooth, not much raised, broad behind, and narrowed |
