BY E. MEYRICK. 281 



tipper half of termen; dark grey, obscurely darker-strigulated; cilia 

 grey, with darker subbasal shade. 

 Loyalty Is.: Lifu; one specimen. 



37. DiACTENis Meyr. 



Diactenis Meyr., Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



xvii., 979(1907) ... ... ..- ... tyi^e pteroiieura. 



Antennae in ^ moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 second joint with rough projecting scales diminishing to apex, 

 terminal short. Forewings with tufts of scales on surface; 16 

 simple, .3 and 4 closely approximated from angle, 7 separate, to 

 termen, cell in ^ very short and narrow. Hindwings |, cilia l^; 

 3 and 4 separate, cell open between 4 and 6, 4 and 5 rising as 

 branches of parting-vein from near base, 6 and 7 as branches of 

 upper margin of cell from before middle. 



Only one species is known at present; it may be regarded as a 

 development of Argyrotoxa. 



268. D. jHeroneura Meyr. 



(^Diactenis pteroneura Meyr., Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 xvii., 980.) 



^5- 8-10 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, pellucid between 

 veins, veins fringed with ochreous and dark fuscous scales; upper 

 half of central fascia ochreous, suffused on costa with blackish; 

 a curved posterior transverse series of black specks in disc. 

 Hindwings pellucid, veins fringed with whitish and grey scales. 



Q.: Cairns(Dodd); in October, one specimen. Also from India 

 and Ceylon. 



38. Argyrotoxa Stph. 



Argyrotoxa Steph., Cat. Brit, ii., 189(1829) 



(prav. Argyroloza) ... ... ... type hergmanniana. 



Ejiitrichosma Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 



1908, 320 ... ... ... ... type neuroba'pta. 



Antennae in ^ ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second 

 joint with rough projecting scales above and beneath, terminal 



