356 EXOTIC MICnOLEPIDOPTERA. 



curved, siibascondiiip;, slender, second joint with some apical 

 bristles, terrainal shorter, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Posterior tibia3 clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings 1 h 

 furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 approximated or stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 9 absent, 11 from before middle. Hiudwings under 1, 

 lanceolate, cilia nearly 2 ; 2-7 jiarallel. 

 Belongs to the Coniastis group. 



Hyladaula perniciosa, n. sp. 



J. 10-11 mm. Head white, face and palpi dark fascons. 

 Thorax grey-whitish, greyer towards sides, shoulders dark grey. 

 Forewings rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded; pale grey very finely 

 speckled whitish, tinged whitish-ochreous here and there in disc ; 

 an irregular suffused dark fuscous streak along costa from base to 

 near a[)ex ; some irregular fuscous suffusion beneath this towards 

 end of cell, and tips of scales on posteiior half of wing microscopi- 

 cally dark-freckled : cilia whitish-grey, minutely speckled blackish, 

 Hindwings gi'ey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Bengal, Sunderbans, April, bred from Heritiera fomcs (Beeson) • 

 4 ex. 



Ardiosteres tetrazona, n. sp. 



c? . 17 mm. Head palo ochreous. Palpi ochreous-\^hitish, 

 basal half dark fuscous. Antennae not dentate, fascicuLite- 

 ciliated (2). Thorax ochreous-whitish, mixed dark fuscous, 

 anterior third dark fuscous. Forewings dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 

 7 absent; whitish; four rather narrow dark fuscous irregular- 

 edged transverse fasciae, between these are three small 

 spots or marks on costa and irregular transverse series of 

 strigulae ; fii"st fascia basal, second from ^ of costa to middle of 

 dorsum, third from | of costa to tornus, fourth from costa before 

 apex to middle of termen : cilia whitish-ochreous barred fuscous. 

 Hindwings fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



QuKEJ^sLAND, Brisbane {Dodd) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (7826). 



Narycia educta, n. sp. 



9 . 16 mm. Head, palpi grey-whitish. Thorax rather dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 stalked; fuscous, 

 sufi iisedly irrorated dax'k fuscous : cilia fuscous. Hindwings rather 

 dark fuscous, faintly purplish ; cilia fuscous. 



QuKENSLAND, Brisbane, September, October, 2 ex. (1 in Wals. 

 Coll.). 



Narycia strepsidoma, n. sp. 



5 . 18 mm. Head ochrcous-yellowish, face fuscous. Palpi 

 fuscous, tii)S of joints whitish. Thorax dark fuscous, posteriorly 



