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HELIODINIDAE36. Hieromantis respleodeos sp. n. (Figs. 14, 84, 85, 87)J ~ 10-13 mm. Labial palpus, front of head and antenna cartridge buff. Vertex, antennalscape, thorax, tegula and patagium light buff yellow, a narrow cartridge buffline down middle of thorax. Fore wing light buff yellow, an irregular rather weakcartridge buff fascia on inner margin at 1/4 reaching nearly to costa, followed by andpartly enclosing an elongate submedian black patch containing a silvery-white anteriorspeck and a large posterior golden-metallic spot; a narrow transverse cartridgebuff fascia at 3/5 broadening considerably at the costa and with margins outlined withmouse gray; an inward oblique cartridge buff streak from before apex not reachinginner margin, edged with mouse gray anteriorly; a mouse gray streak along termen;cilia cream-buff. Legs cartridge buff below, buff yellow above. Abdomen cartridgebuff.Male genitalia: Figs. 84, 85.Female genitalia: Fig. 87.Typed': Guadalcanall., llu Farm, 26. xii. 1953 - 4. i. 1954, at light. Genitalia slideB.M.4266.Paratypes: same data as type, I ~; Honiara, ix. 1953 and i. 1954, 4 'fl, I J; Ysabel I.,Tatamba, 2. x. 1953, 1 ;3'; Rennelll., Hutuna, x-xi., 1 ~; at light.Other material: Solomon Is., Gizo, 18. v. 1934 (H. T. PAGDEN), 5 ex. erroneouslydetermined as H. ephodophora Meyrick by E. Meyrick.Closely related and superficially similar to ephodophora Meyrick from Australia,and munerata Meyrick from Fiji; but may be readily distinguished by the characteristicshape of the valva of the male genitalia.37. Stathmopoda periclina MeyrickStathmopoda periclina Meyrick, 1938, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 89: 520.Hutuna, 24. xi., 1 ex.; Tingoa, 9. xi., 4 ex.; at light.Distribution: New Guinea.38. Stathmopoda stropha sp. n. (Figs. 15, 88, 89)j ij! 10 mm. Labial palpus white, suffused with cream-buff exteriorly and on undersideof second segment at apex. Head pearly-white, front of crown shining mustard yellowor capucine yellow, back of crown deep mars brown; patagia silvery-white. Antennaand scape cream-buff, apex of antenna infuscate. Thorax and tegula lemon chromeanteriorly, deep mars brown with an admixture of ferruginous posteriorly. Fore winghair brown, three large semicircular lemon chrome dorsal blotches at 1/4, middle and3/4, each blotch reaching to middle of wing and with the inner margins outlined by athick deep mars brown line, the edges of these lines connecting on the inner marginand reaching nearly to the costa, and edged outwardly with orange buff; a smalltriangular lemon chrome dash at apex; cilia grayish drab. Hind wing with basal half102