natural, history

antenna) tilleul-buff. Antenna tilleul-buff with fuscous annuli, scape tilleul-buff. Thoraxand tegula mummy brown strongly suffused with vinaceous-buff. Fore wing withtermen indented below apex; ground colour mummy brown, a strong suffusion ofpale vinaceous-fawn in basal third, costa marked from apex to middle with shortwhite strigulae, followed by pale vinaceous-fawn strigulae to base, broadly tinged withochraceous-buff at base, white postmedial fascia narrow on costa broadening andextending to tornus on inner margin (dorsum), anterior margin gently incurved,broadly edged outwardly in dark mummy brown, narrowly edged inwardly withwhitish, posterior margin edged by a strong dark mummy brown line notched outwardsat middle, central part of fascia suffused with pale vinaceous-fawn sometimesreplaced by ochraceous-buff towards inner margin, distal part of fascia strongly overlaidor mixed with mummy brown, area beyond fascia except apex suffused and irroratewith pale vinaceous-fawn mixed with ochraceous-buff especially along marginof fascia, apex mummy brown finely irrorate with pale vinaceous-fawn, four or fivesubterminal blackish specks outwardly oblique one above the other opposite theindentation below apex; cilia grayish pale vinaceous-fawn. Hind wing and ciliagrayish, a deep fold along inner margin in male containing a dense hair-pencil. Abdomenfuscous above, white below. Legs cartridge buff, fore and middle legs suffusedwith ochraceous-buff, hind tibia grayish above and exteriorly, hind tarsus suffusedwith ochraceous-buff.Male genitalia: Fig. 31. Aedoeagus with a dense sheaf of comuti (not defined infigure) and a solitary thorn-like seta at apex projecting ventrad.Female genitalia: Figs. 32-34.Type:): Rennell I., Tingoa, 9-11. xi. 1953, at light. Genitalia slide B. M. 3649.Paratypes: Same data as type, 8 ex., genitalia slide B. M. 3527; Hutuna, 24. xi., 1 !fl;Kasipa Hill, c. 300 ft., 29. x., I ex.; Guadalcanal I., Honiara, 8-18. ix., 3 ex.;Tapenanje, 10-23, xii., I ex. ; Ysabel I., Tetamba, 2. x., I ex.; at light.This species is tentatively assigned to the composite genus Spilonota Stephens, andfor the present is placed near ocellana F., the type species of the genus, which it mostclosely resembles superficially. It qualifies for Spilonota according to the existing classificationbased upon wing venation, but the structure of the male genitalia, the shapeof the fore wing and the indentation below the apex as well as general facies andcoloration indicate strong affinities with the new genus described below.There appears to be no appreciable difference in coloration and wing markingsbetween the specimens of indentata from Rennell I. and those from Guadalcanal andYsabel Islands.IceJita gen. n. (Figs. 70, 71)Labial pal pus upturned, terminal segment very short, porrect; second segment withdensely projecting scales below at apex. Head scales loosely appressed. Tongue short.Ocellus immediately posterior of antenna and adjacent to compound eye. Fore wingwith rounded apex, a pronounced indentation in termen below apex, 12 veins fromcell, 3, 4, 5 and 6 arising separately and converging at termen, 7 to termen, a strongparting vein in cell from subcostal between veins 10 and 11 to vein 6. Hind wing with90