212 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



with a conspicuous black dot in disc near base, dorsal 

 suffusion obsolete, second line followed by a cloudy grey 

 similar line ; hind wings with discal spot hardly dis- 

 cernible, second line more dentate, basal suffusion obso- 

 lete ; vein 10 of fore wings touching 9 between 7 and 8 ; 

 otherwise similar. 



Hyperythra, Gn. 



Face with projecting scales. Palpi moderate, porrected, roughly 

 scaled, terminal joint moderate, smooth, cylindrical. Antennae in 

 male bipectinated, apex simple. Fore wings in male with a 

 circular impression near inner margin towards base ; vein 6 

 separate from 9, 10 rising out of 9 between 7 and 8, 11 separate. 

 Hind wings in male with a pencil of hairs on costa near base ; 

 veins 3 and 4 from near together, 6 and 7 separate, B free, some- 

 what api)roximated to 7 towards base. 



33. Hyperythra limholaria, Gn. 



Hyperythra limholaria, Gn., ix., 101, pi. iii., 3, 4. 



A female specimen agrees with Guence's description, 

 but the median line is much less distinct, posterior 

 spots of fore wings obsolete ; the two spots of hind 

 wings rather large, very distinct ; cilia without rosy 

 tinge. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea (Mathew) ; occurs also in 

 the Malay Archipelago and India. 



PYEALIDINA. 



The families of this group are defined as in my papers 

 on the Australian species ; except that the definition of 

 the MusotimidcB is somewhat altered, and the family 

 Siculodidce is added to the group, from which I find that 

 it cannot be naturally separated. 



PYEALIDIDiE. 

 ViTESSA, Moore. 

 Forehead vertical ; uo ocelli ; tongue well developed. Antennae 

 two-thirds of fore wings, in male bipectinated, apex filiform. Labial 

 palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint with loosely appressed 

 scales, terminal joint long, cylindrical, pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 very short, rudimentary. Abdomen elongate, posteriorly dilated ; 

 anal valves in male exsertcd, densely scaled. Posterior tibia; with 



