Lcp'uhiptcnt froiii fhr South P((cijic. '2S'6 



remain to be observed ; but the siDecies appears to be 

 congeneric with five or six Australian species which 

 I refer to this genus, and in which these costal hairs are 

 strongly developed. The neuration of Zeller's South 

 American species is not given ; that of these is as 

 follows : fore wings with vein 1 furcate at base, 2 from 

 before three-fourths of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa ; 

 hind wings with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 

 from a point. 



156. Antceotricha hosjnta, Feld. 



Cryptoleclda liosjnta, Feld., Eeis. Nov., pi. cxxxviii., 57. 



$ , 27 mm. Head, palpi, antemise, and thorax white, mixed 

 with pale grey. Abdomen yellow-ochreous. Legs yellow-ochreous, 

 anterior pair black, middle tarsi dark fuscous. Fore wings elon- 

 gate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex ronnded, hind margin 

 obliquely rounded ; white, mixed with light grey, and a few scattered 

 black scales ; a narrow oblique transverse black streak from costa 

 near base, reaching half across wing ; a cloudy grey spot in middle 

 of disc ; cilia whitish. Hind wings light yellow-ochreous, with a 

 grey apical patch ; cilia light yellow-ochreous, round apex grey. 



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

 According to Felder also from North Australia. 



DEPEESSARIADiE. 



OCTASPHALES, U. g. 

 Head loosely haired, side-tiifts rather spreading, hairs projecting 

 over forehead ; no ocelli ; tongue well developed. Antennae almost 

 as long as fore wings, filiform, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, slender, recurved, second joint exceeding base of 

 antennae, clothec] with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as 

 second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short. Abdomen broad, 

 somewhat flattened. Middle and posterior tibiae densely clothed 

 with scales. Fore wings with vein 1 furcate at base, 2 and o 

 stalked from angle, 7 absent (coincident with 8). Hind wings as 

 broad as fore wings, ovate, cilia one-fourth ; veins 3 and 4 from a 

 point, 6 and 7 tolerably parallel, 16 pectinated towards base. 



Differs from all other genera of the family by the 

 coincidence of veins 7 and 8 of the fore wings. 



