Lepidoptern from the South Pacific. '271 



PHYTICID^. 

 I adopt provisionally the family name suf]jgestecl by 

 M. Eagonot. 



CONOBATHRA, n. g. 

 Forehead flat, vertical; ocelli present; tongue well developed. 

 Antennae two-thirds of fore wings, in male filiform, shortly ciliated 

 (i), with a thickened sinuation at base, basal joint produced on 

 inner side above into a large acute-conical horny tooth, suprabasal 

 joint slightly enlarged and angular. Labial palpi moderate, 

 curved, ascending, second joint with dense rather projecting scales, 

 terminal joint as long as second, moderately stout, pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Posterior tibiie in male with hairs 

 dilated above towards apex, and a long ciirved pencil of hairs from 

 base above directed forwards. Fore wings with (reckoning normal 

 12 veins) 4 and 5 stalked, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked. Hind wings 

 broader by one-half than fore wings; veins 4 and 5 stalked out of 

 3, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to middle, lower 

 median pectinated. 



134. Conohathra automorpha, n. s. 

 ^ , 16 mm. Head and thorax grey mixed with purplish. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, base and apex of joints greyish. Antenna; and 

 abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints grey-whitish. 

 Fore wings elongate, moderately dilated, costa nearly straight, apex 

 tolerably rectangular, hind margin rounded, rather oblique ; pale 

 greyish ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark purple-fuscous, 

 costa suffused with whitish ochreous; first line thick, almost 

 straight, from two-fifths of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, 

 dark purple-fnscous, preceded by a pale line, and followed by a 

 rather more ochreous band ; second line pale, preceded and followed 

 by obscure dark fuscous lines, somewhat sinuate, near and parallel 

 to hind margin ; two obscure dark fuscous dots transversely placed 

 in middle of disc ; a dark fuscous hind-marginal line ; cilia piu-plish 

 fuscous, with rows of whitish points. Hind wings whitish grey, 

 semitransparent, apex and hind margin grey ; cilia grey-whitish, 

 with a grey line. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea (MatJieic); one specimen 

 bred. 



Etiella, Z. 

 135. Ktiella apotomella, Meyr. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea [Mathnv) ; one specimen. 

 Also from Eastern Australia. 



