266 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriiitions of 



spot in disc at two-fifths, and a rather larger transverse oval spot 

 in middle, both ontlined with dark fuscous ; second line slender, 

 from three-fourths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, rather 

 sharply dentate except on middle third, below middle rectangularly 

 bent inwards to beneath median spot ; a row of blackish dots on 

 hind margin ; cilia grey-whitish, with a grey line. Hind wings 

 pale ochreous ; a small dark fuscous discal dot ; second line, hind- 

 marginal dots, and cilia as in fore wings. 



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



EXERISTIS, n. g. 



Forehead with an obtuse conical projection ; ocelli present ; 

 tongue rather short. Antennse two-thirds of fore wings, in male 

 filiform, evenly ciliated (1), with projecting scales at joints. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, straight, porrected, with rough projecting 

 scales diminishing to apex, terminal joint tolerably concealed. 

 Maxillary palpi rather long, filiform, truncate, porrected. Abdomen 

 in male with short anal tuft, valves retracted. Posterior tibiae with 

 outer middle-spur absent in both sexes, outer end-spur in male 

 half inner, in female nearly equal. Fore wings with vein 10 

 tolerably near 9, 11 oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore wings; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 tolerably approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, 

 anastomosing with 8 to middle {E. xanthota, male), or 6 and 7 

 stalked to one-third, 8 anastomosing with 7 from cell to two-thirds 

 {E. asyphcla, male), lower median naked. 



Allied to Enri/creon; the examination of the speci- 

 mens was difficult from their small size and somewhat 

 imperfect condition. The differences in neuration of the 

 hind wings are perhaps sexual and repeated in both 

 species. 



126. Exeristis asypliela, n. s. 

 J , 10 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax pale greyish 

 ochreous, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous ; palpi suffused with 

 dark fuscous except at base. Abdomen whitish mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Legs whitish, banded with dark fuscous. Fore wings 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hind margin 

 obliquely rounded ; pale greyish ochreous, irregularly sprinkled 

 with blackish ; markings cloudy, blackish ; a suffusion along costa 

 towards base, and an indistinct curved transverse line near base ; 

 first line cm'ved, from one-third of costa to two-filths of inner 

 margin ; a small spot on middle of costa ; a quadrate spot outlined 

 in disc, connected with inner margin at four-fifths by an irregular 



