COSMOPTEUTGID^. 5G7 



Cosmopteryx anadoxa Meyr. 



Tlio bfiiifl hnhween the metallic fascise of forewings should have 

 been described in the type-speciineii as pale dull orange interrupted 

 ])y a black bar in disc, and the same ai)plies to two examples sub- 

 sc(]uently obtained from l)it>idi, North (Joorg {A^ewconie); in two 

 lately received from the Palnis, S. India (FletcJter), it is full orano'e 

 and unintcrru[)tod. These two last have also only four apical joints 

 of antenna; wliite, the next four wholly black, but in the type the 

 antenuc'c are in du1)ious condition, and in the Coorg examples they 

 arc broken. On the whole 1 regard all five as belonging to the 

 samo species. 



Cosmopteryx gloriosa, n. sp. 



c? . 7 mm. Head dark bronze, crown with three fine white 

 lines. Palpi white lined dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, 

 finely lined white towards base, a white dot near apex and three 

 above middle. Thorax dark bronze, three fine white lines. Abdo- 

 men dark grey, sides marked silver-metallic, Forewings apex 

 caudate ; dark bronzy-fuscous, apical area blackish ; an oblique fine 

 silvery dash beneath costa towards base, and very short median and 

 subdorsal dashes beneath apex of this; a modi rately broad orange 

 median band limited by entire direct goldeu-melallic streaks finely 

 black-edged on side of band ; a short fine silvery dash in disc near 

 beyond band, and a fine silvery-white line along termcn from 

 near beyoud tliis to apex : cilia dark fuscous, a fine silvery-white 

 apical bar. Hind wings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Fiji, Lautoka, March {Greenwood) ; 3 ex. Type Brit. Mus. 



Cosmopteryx plesiasta Meyr. 



A fine pair ( r? ? ) from the type-locality, September {Rao) ; the 

 blackish apical joint of antenna) is characteristic of ^C only, that of 

 $ being white. I am, however, satisfied tliat the species is dis- 

 tinct, being easily separated from maiiijmlans by the shorter and 

 less obliquely extended lines of the basal area. 



Cosmopteryx interfracta, n. sp, 



d 2 . 8-0 mm. Palpi white lined black. Antennnc Idack lined 

 white, 4 ai)ical joints white, then 4 blackish, 1 white, 1 black, 

 ;> white. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft J whitish. Forewings 

 caudate ; blackish ; a very fine white line just ben'^ath costa from 

 base to near band but interrupted beyond its middle, one median 

 from base to g, and one subdorsal from just before aj)ex of this to 

 near band; dorsal edge white from bnee to ] ; an oclircous- 

 yoUowish postmedinn band, margined anteriorly by a pale golden- 

 metallic subcostal spot ioUowed by a black dot and a rather 

 posterior dorsal s]>ot preceded by a black dot, and posteriorly by 

 small ])ale golden-metallic opposite costal and dorsal spots edged 

 blackish anteriorlv, between these forming a broad tridcntule 



