(302 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEEA. 



METACHARISTIS, n. g. 



Head rougli -haired; ocelli posterior ; tongue absent. Antennae f , 

 in S fasciculate-ciliated, basal joint moderate, scaled. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint with long roughly 

 spreading hairscales beneath, terminal joint shorter, loosely scaled, 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Abdomen $ with densely woolly 

 anal tuft. Posterior tibite with appressed scales. Forewings Ih 

 simple, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 long- stalked, 7 to costa, 

 9 absent, 11 from towards base. Hindwings A, elongate -ovate, 

 cilia 4 ; 4 absent, 2-7 tolerably parallel. 



Belongs to group of Alallohaihra. 



Metacharistis zonophanes, n. sp. 



(S $. 11 -12 mm. Head, palpi pale ochreous-yellow. Thorax 

 dark purple-fuscous. Forewings elongate, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; dark purple-fuscous ; a moderately broad 

 direct transverse fascia at \ and a spot on costa at | pale ochreous- 

 yellow : cilia purplish-grey, two suifused dark fuscous shades. 

 Hindwings dark purple-grey ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



India ; 2 ex. (coll. Joannis). 



Themeliotis goniozona, n. sp. 



(5 . 14 mm. Head white. Palpi blackish, hairs of second joint 

 whitish towards apex, terminal joint white. Thorax fuscous. Fore- 

 wings suboblong, sliglitly dilated, termen rather obliquely rounded ; 

 8 and 9 separate ; white ; markings fuscous, mixed darker on edges 

 and costa; a moderate basal fascia, widest on costa, edge nearly 

 straight ; a moderate fascia from middle of costa to beyond middle 

 of dorsum, anterior edge concave, posterior angular-prominent in 

 middle ; a dot on costa at | : cilia white. Hindwings 3 and 4 

 separate ; grey-whitish ; cilia white. 



Fiji, Loloti, April {Greenvjood) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). Near 

 stereodes, notwithstanding the separation of veins 8 and 9. 



CRONODOXA, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli posterior ; tongue short. Antennae |, 

 in d ciliated, basal joint short, with pecten. Labial palpi moderate, 

 porrccted, loosely scaled, second joint with some apical bristles, 

 terminal joint as long as second, rather obtuse. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiae with loose long hairs above. Forewings 

 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 3-5 approximated, 2 and 3 diverging 

 towards base, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 approximated, 11 from towards 

 base, secondary cell defined. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^ ; 

 2-7 tolerably parallel. 



Probably near Lytro;p}dla. 



Cronodoxa axiurga, n. sp. 

 cJ. 30 mm. Head, palpi fuscous. Thorax darker purplish- 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, costa slightly arched. 



