Lepidoptera from the South Pacific. 225 



Felder's species is said to be from South Africa ; his 

 figure is coarse, but I beUeve it is correctly identihecl. 



SiRIOCAUTA, Lcl. 



58. Siriocauta tcstidalis, Hb. 

 Fiji (Lucas) ; one specimen. Occurs also in Eastern 

 Australia, Malay Archipelago, Japan, India, Atnca, West 

 Indies, and South America. 



EUCLASTA, Ld. 

 Forehead oblique; ocelli present; tongue well developed An- 

 tenna longer than fore wings, filiform, in male shortly dated, 

 with angularly projecting scales at joints. Labial palpi moderate 

 porrected, with dense projecting scales beneath, anteriorly tnincate, 

 terminal joint concealed. Maxillary palpi very short h i orm. 

 Fore wings with vein 10 closely approximated to 1), 11 obhque 

 Hind wings broader by one-fourth than fore wings ; veins 4 and o 

 from a point, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 



59. Euclasta maceratalis, Ld. 

 Euclasfa maceratalis, Ld., 189, pi. xv., 11. 

 Port Moresby, New Guinea {Mathew) ; one specimen. 

 Also from North-East Australia and Celebes. 



Hymenoptychis, Z. 

 Forehead rounded, vertical; ocelli present; tongue well de- 

 veloped. Antenna; nearly as long as fore wings, in male filiform, 

 compressed, minutely ciliated. Labial palpi moderate, arched, 

 ascending, second joint with short projectmg scales beneath 

 terminal' joint very short, cyhndrical. Maxillary palpi extremely 

 short, rudimentary. Abdomen in male very long anal segment 

 extremely elongate, valves retracted. Posterior tibi^ with outer 

 spurs less than half inner. Fore wings without transverse vem, 

 veins and 7 continued as independent veins almost to base, 

 7 sinuate in middle, 10 rising from before normal position of trans- 

 verse vein (therefore not truly out of 9), 11 obhque; above with a 

 naked longitudinal space in disc, including an impression m 

 sinuation of 7, beneath which is a short ridge of erect scales on G; 

 beneath with a loose brush of liah-s directed inwards h-om near 

 costa towards base. Hind wings as broad as fore wmgs; cell 



