48 Mr. E. Meyiick's Dcsrriptioois, etc. 



crests on segments 4-6, that on fifth much hn-gest. Legs with 

 appressed scales. Forewings with tufts of raised scales ; areole 

 rather elongate. Hindvvings: 3 and 4 rather long-stalked, 5 approxi- 

 mated, 6 and 7 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell shortly near base. 



H. orMMas, n. sp. 



9 . 22 ni.m. Head and thoi-ax ochreoiis-whitish, iri'egularly 

 sprinkled with blackish. Abdomen ochreous- whitish sprinkled with 

 fuscous, crests mixed with blackish. Forewiugs suboblong, moderately 

 broad, little dilated posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen rounded, faintly 

 waved, little oblique ; white, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and 

 dark fuscous, except in middle of disc ; a cojipery-fuscous basal patch, 

 edged with blackish, terminated beneath by a black patch extended 

 along dorsum to middle and bidentate posteriorly ; a moderately broad 

 straight dark fuscous fascia from costa before middle to dorsum 

 beyond middle, almost obsolete at lower extremity, near its anterior 

 edge with a ridge of raised scales mixed with ferruginous and 

 blackish ; a curved transverse mark of ferruginous and dark fuscous 

 scales in disc at § ; traces of bent second line beyond this ; some 

 undefined dots of blackish scales indicating subterminal line : cilia 

 whitish sprinkled with fuscous, obscurely barred with darker. 

 Hindwings whitish-fuscous, becoming fuscous towards termen ; cilia 

 whitish. 



New Guinea (Sayer) ; one specimen. 



Sarrothripus crystallites, n. sp. 



9 . 22 m.m. Head and thorax white irrorated with fuscous, 

 collar with a dark fuscous transverse bar. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, gradually dilated, costa moderately arched near base, 

 faintly sinuate in middle, apex very obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 obli([ue ; grey, irrorated with white, with a few fine scattered black 

 scales ; subbasal, first, and second lines very fine, black, more or less 

 undefined, very irregular, second indistinctly double, rather curved 

 outwards in disc, obtusely angulated above middle ; cilia pale grey, 

 tips whitish, Hindwings with 3 and 4 moderately stalked ; white, 

 rather thinly scaled ; a moderately broad anteriorly suffused fuscous 

 terminal fascia from above apex to below middle ; cilia white, on 

 terminal fascia fuscous-tinged. 



Brisbane, Queensland (Lucas) ; one specimen. This 

 might easily be overlooked as a variety of Hypothripa 

 vailata, though the resemblance is only superticial. 



