488 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOrXEEA. 



ERNOLYTIS, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 

 Antennae f, in c? serrulate, minutely ciliated, basal joint moderate, 

 without pecten. Lal)ial palpi moderate, porrected, rough-scaled 

 above and with long rough projecting hairscaks beneath, terminal 

 joint concealed ('?). Maxillary ])alpi absent. Posterior tibiae with 

 appressed scales. Torewings Ih sira])le, 2 from towards angle, 7 to 

 termen, 7-9 nearly approximated at base, diverging, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-trapezoidal-ovate, pointed, 

 cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate from near 2, no transverse vein, 5 and G 

 0)1 a stalk extended to base, 7 free. 



A derivative of Glijplii[)teryx, 



Ernolytis chlorospora, n. sp. 



(S '^ .1 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous irrorated pale yellowish. 

 Forewings somewhat dilated, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 

 blackish irrorated pale yellowish ; markings shining violet-bronzy ; 

 a short oblique streak from costa at ^ ; an oblique fasciate streak 

 from costa beyond middle reaching half across wing, and an oblique 

 streak from middle of dorsum nearly reaching its apex ; a round 

 spot in disc beyond these, an oblique spot on costa towards a])ex, 

 a spot at apex, a triangular spot before tornus, and a streak along 

 lower part of termen : cilia violet-greyish, tinged whitish on upper 

 ])art of termen, a blackish antemedian line indented beneath apex. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia violet-grey. 



Fjji, Lolotu, January [Greemvood) ; 2 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



Ussara chrysangela, n. sp. 



2.12 mm. Head blackish, sides of face yellow-whitish. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, apex of second joint whitish. Thorax blackish, a 

 yellow-whitish streak on each side of back. Forewings blackish ; 

 a yellow-whitish basal patch, not reaching costa except at base, 

 upper edge concave, posterior angle connected with costa by an 

 orange strigula, posterior edge straight, including a semioval 

 blackish spot along base of dorsum ; an iridescent violet-golden 

 streak from f of costa to middle of dorsum ; orange spots on costa 

 before and beyond middle, between these a violet-golden spot 

 Avhenco a straight orange line runs to an ochreous-whitish spot on 

 dorsum at i|, from second orange spot a curved orange streak runs 

 to middle of termeu ; from a process in middle of this streak a curved 

 violet-metallic line runs round lower part of termen to tornus, 

 interrupted above tornus ; an irregular orange mark above tornus, 

 a violet-metallic dot above its anterior extremity ; an orange dot 

 on costa at ^, a yellow-whitish dot beyond this, from between tips 

 of these a blue-metallic line to a white dot on termen above middle, 

 thence curved up along termen to a white mark at apex, space 

 within this loop orange : cilia dark bronzy-fuscous, a white in- 

 dentation on supramedian terminal dot. Hindwings orange, base 

 suffused dark fuscous ; a rather broad irregular dark fuscous fascia 



