226 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



short, transverse vein strongly bent, veins 8, 4, 5 closely approxi- 

 mated at base, 7 ont of G rather near origin, anastomosing with 8 

 to midcllo. 



(iO. ITyiticnoptycJiis sordidn, 7i. 



TTtpnennpti/chis sordida, Z., Caff., G5 ; Ld., pi. xvi., 2. 



Fiji {Mdthcic, Lucas) ; several specimens. Occurs 

 also in Celebes, India, and South Africa. 



COMETURA, n. g. 

 Forelioad rounded, vertical ; ocelli present ; tongno well de- 

 veloped. Antcnntc four-fifths of fore wings, in male filiform, 

 shortly ciliated (]). Labial palpi moderate, arched, ascending, 

 second joint with short iirojecting scales beneath, terminal joint 

 short, cylindrical. ]\Iaxillary palpi minute, filiform. Abdomen in 

 male very long, with a long cxsertible ajial tuft, valves retracted. 

 Posterior 'tibia; with outer spurs half inner. Fore wings with 

 vein 10 rising out of l), 11 oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore 

 wings; veins 3, 4, 5 ap])roximatcd at base, 7 out of near origin, 

 anastomosing with 8 to middle. 



61. Cometura picrogramma, n. s. 

 (?, J, 18 — 20 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 pale yellow-ochrcous ; shoulders suffused with dark grey. I'alpi 

 dark grey, basal half white. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa 

 somewhat sinuate, posteriorly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin 

 rounded, rather strongly oblique ; light yellow-ochreous, towards 

 costa and hind margin brownish-tinged ; costa suffused with grey, 

 costal edge dark grey ; a dark fuscous dot beneath costa at one- 

 fourth ; two dark fuscous transverse parallel marks in middle of 

 disc, indicating sides of a qua(h-ate spot ; second lino dark fuscous, 

 indistinct, sharply irregularly dentate, fi'om three-fourths of costa 

 to two-thirds of inner margin, middle third irregularly curved out- 

 wards ; a dark grey hind-marginal lino ; cilia whitish, with a 

 sharply marked dark grey lino. Hind wings with colom', second 

 and hind-marginal lines, and cilia as in fore wings. 



Fiji {IShttJicw, Lucas) ; several specimens. 



Hi'ANlSTA, Ld. 



(52. Spauista ornalalis, Dup. 



It is this s])ecies \Yhich is descrilxd by mo in an 

 earlier paper as luvv under ihe name of ll/idriris clKdj/hilis. 



