272 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



HoMCEOsoMA, Curt. 

 136. Homoeosoma cataphcea, n. s. 

 (? , 22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs fuscousj 

 mixed with darlv fuscous. Abdomen whitish ochreous. Fore wings 

 elongate, gradually dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath ; neuration as in 

 H. vagella ; fuscous, suffused with dark fiiscous ; the lighter colour 

 forms two obscure straight transverse streaks, first from one-fifth 

 of costa to one-third of inner margin, second fi'om costa before 

 apex to three-fourths of inner margin ; cilia fuscous, towards base 

 suffusedly dark fuscous. Hind wings whitish ochreous ; a fuscous 

 hind-marginal line ; cilia whitish ochreous. 



Fiji {Lucas) ; one specimen. 



Ephestia, Gn. 

 137. Ephestia elutella, Hb. 

 Fiji (Lucas) ; one specimen. Introduced from Europe, 

 as also into Australia. 



GALLEEIADiE. 



Melissoblaptes, Z. 



I understand the genus in its restricted sense, as 

 distinct from Aphomia and Heteromicta. 



138. Mclissohlaptes isodesma, n. s. 



$ , 30 mm. Head, palpi, auteuuse, thorax, and legs pale 

 ochreous, somewhat suifused w ith light reddish fuscous, and thinly 

 irrorated with dark grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, irrorated 

 with grey. Fore wings elongate-oblong, somewhat dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind margin rounded, rather 

 oblique ; light reddish fuscous, somewhat mixed with grey-whitish, 

 and irrorated with dark grey ; lines thick, cloudy, dentate, dark 

 grey ; first from one-third of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, 

 irregularly curved outwards ; second from two -thirds of costa to 

 three-fourths of inner margin, rather strongly curved outwards 

 from near costa to near inner margin ; a small dark grey spot in 

 disc before middle and another in disc beyond middle ; cilia grey- 

 whitish, basal half light fuscous-reddish. Hind wings pale grey, 

 becoming grey-whitish towards base ; ciha whitish, base reddish- 

 tinged. 



Fiji (Lucas) ; one specimen. 



