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five specimens. The genus Erennetis was originallj^ a confused 

 conception, but the type is luloptera, and it differs essentiallj^ from 

 Decadarclns by the cell of hindwings being open between 3 and 4; 

 the present species agrees fully with the type, and is at present 

 the only other in the genus. 



Decadarchis spodomicta, n. sp. 



6 2 . 10-11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with 

 whitish and dark fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewino-s 

 lanceolate, apex strongly upturned ; white closely irrorated with 

 dark fuscous, with scattered coarse black scales ; a suffused oblique 

 white streak from costa at \ to fold, with oblique undefined 

 patches of dark fuscous suffusion on each side of it in disc more or 

 less indicated ; an undefined patch of white suffusion on middle of 

 costa ; cilia whitish-fuscous spiirkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 pale brassy-grey; an oval hyaline spot beneath cell at base ; cilia 

 grey-whitish. 



Co ORG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in February and May {Newcome) ; 

 three specimens. 



Decadarchis hyperacma, n. sp. 



S . 7-8 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish. Thorax 

 whitish, patagia yellow-ochreous sprinkled with black. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings lanceolate, apical fourth upturned ; whitish • 

 an irregular spot on base of costa, a very irregular and variable 

 blotch towards dorsum anteriorly, and an irregular mottling over 

 apical half of wing yellow-ochreous variably irrorated with black 

 specks ; a rounded patch of black dots towards costa before 

 middle : cilia ochreous-whitish minutely speckled with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish, round apex tinged with 

 ochreous and minutely speckled with dark fuscous. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October and November (Dodd) ; three 

 specimens. 



Decadarchis cretosa, n. sp. 

 $ . 12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, base dark fuscous. 

 Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex rather pro- 

 duced, upturned; whitish, suffused with light greyish and speckled 

 with dark fuscous, and also strewn with small blackish dots ; a 

 broad dorsal stripe clearer white, partially speckled with ochreous 

 and dark fuscous, with a spot of ochreous-brown and blackish irror- 

 ation on middle of dorsum; a small dark fuscous spot on costa 

 opposite this ; posterior half of costa more tinged with whitish, with 

 a faint oblique streak of fuscous irroratiou at | : cilia white 

 speckled with dark fuscous, with an antemedian line of black 

 points. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, round apex whitish 

 with two lines of dark fuscous and black specks. 



Ceylon, Madulsiraa, in May (Fh-fcJier) ; one specimen. Nearest 

 to minuscida (which belongs to this genus, and also occurs in 

 Ceylon, not improbably its native country), but without the pro- 



