BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D,, F.E.S. 125 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in October ; one specimen 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodcl. 



Gen. MESEINIADIA. 

 Tongue well -developed. Palpi recurved, ascending, 

 reaching vertex, apex acute ; third joint in J" with a short, 

 basal, anterior tuft. Antennal ciliations of ^ extremely 

 short. Fore wings with 2 and 3 long stalked, 4 and 5 long- 

 stalked, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hindwings with 2 from near 

 angle, 3 and 4 stalked, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 



Related to the following genus, but peculiar in the 

 stalking of 2 and 3 of the forewings. 



Meseiniadia infractalis. 

 Nephopteryx infractalis, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxx., p. 958. 



f^ $ 12-13 mm. Head brown- whitish ; face in (^ 

 dark fuscous. Palpi whitish ; outer surface of third joint 

 fuscous. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen brown- whitish. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish with some fuscous irroration. Fore- 

 wings narrow, costa straight, gently arched beyond middle, 

 apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; brown- whitish 

 irrorated and suffused with brown ; markings dark-fuscous ; 

 a dot on base of costa ; costal edge to I dark-fuscous ; an 

 interrupted median streak, more or less marked, ending 

 in terminal suffusion ; a short streak on base of dorsum ; 

 an oblique streak from J costa, bent in disc to become 

 longitudinal, and ending in terminal suffusion ; dorsal 

 edge more or less dark-fuscous ; a large tornal dark-fuscous 

 suffusion extending nearly to apex ; cilia grey. HindwingJ* 

 whitish more or less suffused with grey ; cilia grey. 



A very obscure little species easily recognised by 

 structural characters. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in October and May ; 

 Innisfail in November ; also from Borneo. 



Gen. ENCRYPHODP^, nov. 



iyKpv<fi(DSfjL<s, hidden. 



Tongue well-developed. Palpi ascending, appressed 

 to frons, reaching vertex, tolerably acute. Forewings 

 with 4 and 5 stalked, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hindwings with 2 

 from before angle of cell, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 7 anas« 

 tomising strongly with 8. 



