BY A. .1. TUHNKK. G.i9 



termen first rounded, then deeply incised at tornus; a dense 

 pencil of long ochreous hairs from base of costa; disc scaleless, 

 with silvery lustre; a large oval central glandular swelling best 

 seen beneath, concealed by tuft on upper surface; a pale fuscous 

 terminal band; cilia pale fuscous. 



9. 12 mm. Forewings moie elongate, dorsum longer relatively 

 to termen; a pale fuscous antemedian line at ^ outwardly curved; 

 a fine, straight, slightly wavy median line; subterminal fascia 

 very distinct. Hindwings slightly incised at tornus; a fine ante- 

 median line; a broad fascia near but not touching termen; cilia 

 whitish. 



Type in Coll. Meyrick. 



N.Q.: Cooktown, Kuranda, Townsville; in December, March, 

 April, and June; six specimens (Mr. F. P. Dodd). 



Gen. 2. X enocentris. 

 Xenocentris Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 484. 



Face smooth. Palpi short, slender, porrect, or slightly ascend- 

 ing. Antennae in $ simple or slightly serrate, with moderate 

 ciliations or with long cilia in fascicles. Middle legs of $ with 

 tibife normal or shortened, spurs well-developed, inner spur 

 longer, sometimes abnormally large, tibise and basal tarsal joints 

 clothed with long hair; posterior tibiae in ^ without spurs, tarsi 

 distorted, tapering to a point or ending in a large obtuse club; 

 posterior tibiae in 9 without middle spurs. Forewings with 3 

 and 4 separate, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 anastomosing with their 

 common stalk. Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate, 5 from middle 

 of cell, 6 and 7 stalked; in ^ dorsal area sometimes densely 

 clothed with hairy scales. 



Type ^Y. rhipidura Meyr., from New Guinea. 



Also a development from Eois, originating from Sect. i. of that 

 genus. There is considerable specific variation both in the 

 antennal ciliations of the ^ and in the middle tibiae and tarsi of 

 the (J, which latter distinguish the genus from Eois. Xenocentris 

 is probably a genus of considerable extent in the Papuan sub- 

 region. X. epipasta is the least modified species. 



