COSMOPTERTGXDiE. 333 



win?, and one above lornns : cilia dark grey, base sprinkled with 

 whitish. Hindwiiigs and cilia dark grey. 



Vici'ORiA, Gisborne, in December {Lyell) ; one specimen. 



Syntoiractis autochroa, n. sp. 



c?. 9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish-fnscons with some 

 minute whitish specks. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings lanceo- 

 late : dark fuscous sprinkled with very minute whitish specks, 

 without markings; tufts minutely whitish-tipped, appearing to 

 iorm five oblique series of two or three each, very inconspicuous : 

 cilia dark fuscous, towards tornus grey. Hindwings dark grey, 

 lighter towards base ; cilia grey. 



VicToKiA, Gisborne, in November {Lyell) ; one specimen. 



MENEPTILA, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennte 4 

 in (S simple, basal joint very long, thickened toAvards apex, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, thickened with dense scales, 

 second joint considerably expanded towards apex, somewhat rough 

 au'teriorly, terminal joint as long as second, much Ihiekened with 

 dense -whorls of scales ])rojectiiig posteriorly, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, loosely scaled, a])presscd to tongue. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with long rough hairscales above, forewings with 

 large tufts of scales on surface ; 1 h furcate, 2 from towards angle, 

 3 from before angle, 4 from angle, 6 and 7 out of 8, 7 to costa, 

 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings 1, linear-lanceolate, cilia 5; 

 2 and 3 parallel, 4 absent, 5 and 6 stafked, 7 separate. 



Meneptila praedonia, n. sp. 



cT $ . 16-18 mm. Head and thorax dark violet-fuscous, face 

 lighter. Palpi with numerous whorls of dark fuscous scales tipped 

 with ochreous-whitish specks. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings very narrow, widest near base, thence narrowed to acute 

 apex ; dark violet-fuscous, variably and irregularly mixed with 

 brownish, without defined markings ; a very large tuft beneath 

 fold at ^ of wing, one in middle reaching from costa to fold, a third 

 beneath fold connecting this with dorsum, a fourth in disc at |, and 

 several small ones towards apex : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia dark fuscous. 



Assam, Khasis, in May and June ; three specimens. 



AGANOPTILA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae |, 

 in S simple, basal joint long, thickened towards apex, with slight 

 pecten. Labial palpi rather long, thickened with apjjressed scales, 

 hardly roughened anteriorly, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 pointed. JNIaxillary palpi very short, loosely scaled, appresstd to 



