KovrrATBs ZooLOGicAE XXVI. 1919. 113 



Gen. Micrecia nov. 



Type, M. methyalina. 



Proboscis aborted and minute ; palpi obliquely upturned to about vertex 

 of head, smoothly scaled, the 2nd joint with slight tuft of scales in front at 

 extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes rounded ; antennae of female almost simple, 

 the shaft somewhat thickened and flattened, then tapering to extremity which 

 is without a tuft of hair ; thorax smoothly scaled ; fore tibiae with tuft of 

 spinous hair at extremity, the mid tibiae with tufts of spinous hair at base and 

 extremity, the hind tibiae with tufts at medial and terminal spurs, the tarsi 

 Vfith slight tufts of spinous hair at the joints ; abdomen flattened with lateral 

 tufts of scales towards extremity to which it tapers. Forewing narrow, the 

 apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 2 and 3 coincident ; 4, 5, 6 

 well separated ; 7 and 8 stalked ; 9 from cell ; 10 and 11 coincident. Hind- 

 wing with veins 3 and 5 strongly stalked ; 4 absent ; 6 from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 7 from upper angle of cell ; 8 concealed in a fold. 



f * Micrecia methyalina n. sp. 



9. Head, thorax, and abdomen black glossed with blue-green, the last with 

 white line at base of second segment, the slight anal tuft fulvous yellow ; palpi 

 white, tinged with brown towards extremity ; forelegs with the coxae white on 

 outer side, the femora and tibiae white below, the mid legs with the femora 

 white below, the tibiae white at middle and extremity, the hind legs with the 

 femora white below, the tibiae wholly white ; ventral surface of abdomen 

 mostly white. Forewing black glossed with blue-green. Hindwing hyaUne, 

 the veins and margins black, the black -brown on termen somewhat diffused on 

 inner side. 



Little Kei I. (Kiihn), 1 $ type in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 14 mill. 



Gen. Glossecia nov. 



Type, G. ignifiua. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and not reaching 

 vertex of head, the 1st and 2nd joints moderately scaled in front, the 3rd 

 acuminate at tip ; frons smooth ; eyes rather small, elliptical ; antennae of 

 male with long cilia, the shaft tapering to extremity where there is no tuft of 

 hair ; thorax smoothly scaled ; legs smoothly scaled, tibiae at the spurs and 

 tarsal joints with slight tufts of spinous hair ; abdomen rather flattened and 

 with small lateral tufts of scales except towards base, the anal tuft slight. 

 Forewing very narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obhquely curved ; veins 

 2, 3 coincident ; 4, 5, 6 well separated ; 7 and 8 stallsed ; 9, 10, 11 from cell. 

 Hindwing wdth vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked ; 4 absent ; 

 6 from rather above middle of discocellulars ; 7 from upper angle of cell ; 

 8 concealed in a fold. 



Glossecia igniflua. 



t Seaia igniflua Lucas, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. viii. p. 133 (1894). 

 Queensland. 

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