278 Mr. E. Mey rick's descriptions of 



Hind wings grey, paler and semitransparent towards base ; a grey 

 thickened ridge along lower margin of cell from near base to angle, 

 its anterior extremity suffused with whitish-ochreous ; cilia grey- 

 whitish, with a cloudy grey line. 



St. Denis, Reunion ; two specimens, in April. 



Sect. B. Hind wings with vein 5 absent, ridge inner 

 marginal. 



Ancylometis astrapias, n. s. 

 $ , 12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joint externally fuscous, becoming dark fuscous towards 

 apex, terminal joint slender, internally fuscous. Antennae dark 

 fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, patagia fuscous. Abdomen 

 light grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 pair whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, hind margin very obliquely rounded ; fuscous, 

 costa suffusedly darker ; a pale greyish-ochreous median longi- 

 tudinal streak from base, basal two-fifths straight, margined 

 beneath by a blackish streak and above by a cloudy blackish dot 

 at two-fifths, beyond this rather dislocated upwards and less 

 defined, margined above by a cloudy blackish dot at two-thirds, 

 thence bent abruptly upwards to costa before apex, anterior edge 

 margined suffusedly with dark fuscous, posterior edge very 

 suffused and ill-defined ; cilia light greyish-ochreous, basal half 

 obscurely barred with fuscous. Hind wings grey, towards base 

 more thinly scaled ; inner margin thickened to form a small 

 ridge ; cilia whitish-grey, towards base darker. 



Port Louis, Mauritius ; two specimens, in May. 



TINELDjE. 



Lasioctena, n.g. 



Head with dense somewhat rough suberect hair-scales. Ocelli 

 absent. Tongue absent. Antennas somewhat over \ ; in male 

 moderately bipectinated throughout, pectinations densely ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate, densely scaled. Labial palpi moderate, 

 slender, ascending, with appressed scales, at base with some rough 

 hair-scales, terminal joint rather short, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 absent. Thorax hairy beneath. Posterior tibise tolerably smooth- 



ded, outer spurs half inner. Fore wings witli vein 1 strongly 

 furcate, all veins separate, 2 from angle, 7 to hind margin, 11 



