438 EXOTIC mtc'holepidopxi;ka. 



beueafch with blackish sufFusiou occupying whole surface except 

 towards margins. 



QuEKNSLAND, Brisbane, September {Dodd) ; 2 ex., Wals. Coll. 

 (type 23412). 



^ ORSOCOMA, n. g. 



Head with ai)])rcssed scales, sides and back of crown rough ; ocelli 

 small, posterior ; tongue developed. Antennte 4, basal joint moderate, 

 witli pecten. Labial pali)i moderate, slightly curved, porrected, 

 with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. 

 Forewings 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 9 and 10 short, 11 

 fiom before middle. Hindwings |, lanceolate, cilia 2\ ; 2-4 

 parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 7 separate. 



Perhaps next Dicqdircu/mistis, but distinct. 



Orsocoma macrogona, n. sp. 



5 . 10 mm. Head white, face ocbreoiis-whitish slightly sj^eckled 

 grej\ Palpi ochreous suffusedly irrorated dark fuscous, tips of 

 second and terminal joints white. Thorax white, shoulders tinged 

 ochreoas. Forewings rather narrow, apex tolerably pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, posteriorly 

 slightly tinged grey, dorsal area beneath fold whitish, a very few 

 scattered blackish specks; a flattened triangular fuscous blotch 

 extending along costa from about | to |^, costal edge continued 

 dark fuscous to base, blotch marked beneath with black towards 

 middle, not reaching half across wing, anteriorly margined by a 

 w^hite streak ; some white suffusion on costa beyo)jd blotch : cilia 

 ])ale greyish, sprinkled white points. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 light grey. 



Queensland, Brisbane, October (Dodd) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. 

 (19121). 



Hyponomeuta munda, u. sp. 



cJ . 14 mm. Head and palpi whitish-grey-ochreous, crown 

 loosely rough - haired above. Thorax whitish - grey - ochreous 

 s])rinkled fuscous, shoulders infuscated. Forewings narrow, apex 

 })ointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish-grey-ochreous 

 irrorated fuscous ; costa suffused dark fuscous on basal half; a dark 

 fuscous dot below fold before middle : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 

 towards base sprinkled fuscous. Hindwings grey, paler and thinly 

 scaled towards base; cilia light greydsh-ochreous. 



Bombay, Kharaghoda, August {Maccivell) ; 1 ex. Nearly related 

 and similar to calculosa, but wings much narrower and more 

 pointed ; head more rough-haired than usual, but this character 

 appears more or less in other species of the genus. 



Hyponomeuta niimerosa, n. sp. 



2 . 24 mm. Head, palpi white. Thorax white, 2 small black 

 dots on shoulders and 4 on dorsum. Forewings rather narrow, 



