COLLECTED AT SARAWAK. 83 
slightly dilated towards the tip. Hind wings vitreous, with a lurid 
tinge; costa irregularly, veins and fringe purple. Length of the body 
8 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 
Gen. Metirtia, Hiiba. 
4. Meuirria FAscraTa, n.s. Lem. Metallico-nigra, crassa, capite 
subtus fasciculato, abdomine fascia lata rufa, tibiis posticis nigro late 
fasciculatis basi albido pilosis, alis anticis nigris apices versus pallidis 
subaurato tomentosis, posticis limpidis, costa venaque 1* inferiore 
nigro marginatis. 
Female. Metallic black, very robust. Head with a thick tuft at the 
base of the palpi. Palpi hardly ascending higher than the vertex ; 
3rd joint lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the second. 
Antenne hardly thicker exteriorly. Abdomen with a broad red band, 
which is mostly before the middle. Legs stout; hind tibize with 
whitish hairs at the base; the rest broadly fringed with black hairs. 
Fore wings black, narrow, slightly broader towards the tips; apical 
part pale, with slightly gilded tomentum. Hind wings limpid, blackish 
along the costa and along the Ist inferior vein. Length of the body 
12 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
Gen. Bont, n. g. 
Mas. Corpus gracile. Palpi graciles, arcuati, lanceolati, ascendentes, 
caput superantes ; articulus 3"* 2° non longior. Antenne dense fim- 
briatz. Pedes graciles, fimbriati; femora tibieeque apice late fim- 
briata. Ale opace, peranguste. 
Male. Body slender. Pali slender, curved, lanceolate, rising high 
above the head; 3rd joint very acute, as long as the second, and 
much more slender. Antennz broadly and thickly fringed, more than 
half the length of the body. Legs slender ; femora, tibiz, and tarsi 
fringed ; femora and tibiz broadly fringed towards the tips; hind 
tibiz with four long spurs. Wings opaque and very narrow in the 
typical species. 
This genus seems to connect the Aigeride with the Tineina. 
5. Bonta uNicoLor, n.s. Mas. Cupreo-purpurea, antennis pedi- 
busque nigro fimbriatis, alis peracutis. 
Male. Cupreous purple. Antenne and legs fringed with black hairs. 
Wings very acute; fringe long. Length of the body 5 lines; of 
the wings 12 lines. 
Gen. Trricraca, n. g. 
Fem. Corpus squamosum, sat validum. Palpi graciles, ascendentes, 
lanceolati, subarcuati, caput non superantes ; articulus 2"° 3° valde 
brevior. Antenne leves. Abdomen longi-conicum. Pedes brevius- 
. 6* 
