( -MH) ) 



Chrysoclystis geu. nov. 



?. ForetolwjS : with costa faintly c-uived ; hiiidniargin well rounded. 



Hriuhvimjs : with rounded hindiuiugiu. 



Antennae of ? simi)le, tiliforni : i)alpi tlir(>e times as long as head, ohliiiuely 

 (lecundsent, laterally flattened ; second joint scjuamous ; .third as long as second, 

 narrow at base and apex, swollen between ; forehead with a prominent cone of scales 

 below ; tongue present ; hind tiliiae of ? with four spurs. 



Xeuration: as in Cldorocli/ntin ; the firsi and second subcostals of forewing 

 stalked, the first anastomosing with the costal, the second with tlie stem of the 

 other three. In the hindwings the discocellular is oblique, the radial from the 

 centre ; the two subcostals short-stalked ; the second median from before the end of 

 cell. Scaling smooth, the markings oblique and mclallic. 



Tvpe : Chrysochjfstis pcrorHnta sp. nov. 



142. Clirysoclystis perornata >p. nov. 



Forewhujs : fulvous yellow, without striations : tlie costa broadly paler; a 

 subcostal line of interrupted patches of red-brown and brilliant silvery scales; the 

 lines oblique; the first from below costa before nuddle to injier margin near base, 

 white, edged outwardly with red-brown and overlaid with brilliant silvery scales ; 

 second line fronr inner margin at two-thirds, oblique and straight to the third 

 median, white internally, edged with red-brown and overlaid with silvery scales, 

 retracted above the third median towards costa, and there only red-brown and 

 silvery ; a lustrous metallic marginal line starting on costa before apex, sliglitly 

 interrupted just at apex and thrice interrupted above anal angle between the 

 veins. 



Ilindwinfjfi : with the costal region broadly pale; the two lines iiruducfd 

 across the wings, the first close to base, the second postmedian ; marginal line 

 uninterru])ted from below apex ; fringes of both wings concolorous. 



Underside gilded yellowish; the apex of forewings broadly bronzy pinkish. 

 Pabii vellow, ti)i of terminal joint dark; face and antennae yellow; collar and base 

 of patagia metallic greenish white; rest of })atagia yellow, with an orange band 

 in middle ; thorax and abdomen yellow ; basal segment of abdomen metallic greenish 

 white, edged with reddish brown, being a continuation of the first line of the wings. 



Expan.se of wings : 32 mm. 



Three ? ? from Humboldt Hay, collect cil by Doherty in September and 

 October 1892. 



An insect of very striking appearance, with a s\q)erficial resemblance to Plutodes. 

 The inner margin of the hindwings is .scantily developed; the 6 will jirobably 

 exhibit sexual distinctions. 



Eriopithex gen. nov. 



Distinguished from Chloroclysfia, of which it is a develoi>meut, by the antennae 

 of the 6, which have the basal joint swollen, the shaft thickened and flattened, 

 and clothed above with thick downy hairs for four-fifths of its length. 



Tvpe : Eriopithex Unuiris s]i. nov. 



