natural, history

and the other just before apex, both rounded beneath and reaching to middle ofwing, a similar cartridge buff blotch on inner margin near base, all three blotchessometimes edged with fuscous-black inwardly; cilia grayish around tornus darkeningto fuscous towards apex. Hind wing and cilia grayish. Abdomen dark gray above,gray mixed with cartridge buff below, anal tuft in male cartridge buff. Legs cartridgebuff strongly suffused with fuscous. .Male genitalia: Fig. 79.Typed': Rennell 1., Kasipa Hill, c. 300 ft., 29. x. 1953, at light. Genitalia side B.M.4270.Paratypes: same data as type, 3 ex.; Hutuna, xi., 2 ex.; at light.This species superficially resembles the Australian species triplanta Meyrick butdiffers considerably in the structure of the male genitalia; in triplanta the valva is almosttwice as wide and the lateral process partly glvering the exterior of the valvaand articulated with the tegumen is divided near the base into two long prongs thelower of which extends beyond the apex of the valva and the upper a little way beyondthe middle.It also resembles the Australian and Papuan species tetraplalletis Meyrick (=tyrotoma Meyrick, Syn. nov.) which is distinguished by the additional pretornal doton the fore wing and is a slightly larger species; in the male of tetrar/anetis the lateralprocess from the tegumen is in the form of a single prong curved inwards over thevalva.35. Limnoecia atopa sp. n. (Figs. 13, 83, 86)d' c;: 13-16 mm. Labial pal pus fuscous-black. Head wholly cartridge buff or whitish.Antenna fuscous-black above to a little before middle, thence white to about 3/4,apical 1/4 roughened, fuscous-black; underside of antenna whitish to about 3/4,thence fuscous-black; scape fuscous-black above, whitish below. Thorax and tegulafuscous. Fore wing fuscous-black, a white transverse fascia from inner margin at 1/5reaching nearly to costa, a large circular white tarnal marking, a small white spot oncosta a little beyond middle, a roughly triangular preapical white marking the apex ofwhich rests on the term en a little above middle; cilia grayish fuscous-black. Hind wingfuscous; cilia grayish fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-black above, white below, anal segmentscream-buff. Legs pale cream-buff, banded with fuscous-black.Male genitalia: Fig. 83.Female genitalia: Fig. 86.Type~: Guadalcanall., Tapenanje, 10-23. xii. 1953, at light.Para types : same data as type, 7 ex.; Guadalcanal I., Honiara, x. and xi., 12 ex.Genitalia slides B. M. 4269 d' and B. M. 4250