298 EXOTIC MICROLEriDOPTERA. 



fiories about |, and one below costa beyond middle ; an orange- 

 brown terminal fascia, its anterior edge marked by a dark brown 

 line miming from ^ of eosta to | of dorsum, followed in middle by 

 a silvery-metallic spot, and preceded on dorsum by another; some 

 small silverjf-metidlic marginal dots round apical part of costa and 

 ternien : cilia brownish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia light 

 brownish. 



North Australia, Port Darwin ; one specimen. 



Barea semifixa, n. sp. 



c? . 14 mm. Head fuscous-whitish, sidetufts mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi fuscous-whitish, second joint with basal half and a 

 subapical ring dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax 

 fuscous-whitish, shoulders marked with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 ochreous-wbitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish, with scattered 

 fuscous and black scales ; markings dark fuscous mixed with black ; 

 an angulated streak from costa almost at base reaching half across 

 wing, and a dot on dorsum opposite ; an elongate mark on costa 

 at ^ ; an elongate mark on fold terminated by plical stigma, first 

 discal rather beyond this ; a broad transverse streak from costa 

 beyond middle reaching half across wing, including second discal 

 stigma ; a subtriangular iuAvardly oblifjue blotch on costa at -f : 

 cilia whitish-grey, on basal half barred with dark fuscous suffusion. 

 Hindwings pale grey; cilia grey-whitish. 



Queensland, Herberton, in December (Dodd) • one specimen. 



MERMERISTI3, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised; tongue 

 developed Antennaj |, in d strongly ciliated, basal joint mode- 

 rate, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, second 

 joint somewhat thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint as 

 long as second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, liliforni, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. 

 Forewings with 2 from near angle, 7 absent, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly 

 parallel. 



Allied to EidecJiria. 



Mermeristis spodiaea, n. sp. 



(^ . 12 mm. Head and palpi brownish. Antennal ciliations 8. 

 Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; fuscous ; stigmata obscure, dark grey, plical rather 

 obliquely beyond first discal, an obscure ochreous-whitish dot 

 beneath second discal : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia light grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



Tasmania, Georges Bay, in .January ; one specimen. 



