•288 Mr. E. Meyrick's descriptions of 



plainly beyond anterior lascia and on hind margin beneath apex ; 

 markings white, irrorated with dark grey, and suffiisedly margined 

 with dark grey ; a transverse suffusion near base ; a straight 

 moderate fascia from two-fifths of costa to before middle of inner 

 margin ; an oblique oval spot in disc beyond middle ; an irregular 

 thick double line from costa at three-fifths obliquely outwards, 

 rather curved inwards, at oue-thu'd acutely angulated and continued 

 parallel to hind margin but inwards-curved to two-thirds, thence 

 sharply bent inwards to beneath middle and again rectangularly 

 bent to inner margin beyond middle, this lower portion margined 

 anteriorly with blackish ; cilia grey, with a blackish line, towards 

 tips whitish. Hind wings dark fuscous-grey, disc somewhat lighter ; 

 an obscure whitish line near and parallel to lower half of hind 

 margin ; cilia as in fore wings. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea (Matlieic) ; several speci- 

 mens. 



PLUTELLID^, 

 Trachycentea, n, g. 

 Head tolerably smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue extremely short, 

 rudimentary. Antennae two-thirds of fore wings, in male filiform, 

 simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 

 recurved, second joint with long rough hairs towards apex expanding 

 all round into a tuft, terminal joint as long as second, pointed, 

 laterally strongly compressed, exterior side hollowed into a shallow 

 longitudinal channel. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform, drooping. 

 Anterior tibiae very short, basal joint of anterior tarsi clothed with 

 long rough hairs ; middle and posterior tibiae with short rough 

 hairs ; all tarsal joints with rough hau-s at apex ; all spurs clothed 

 with rough projecting scales beneath. Fore wings with tufts of 

 raised scales ; vein 1 furcate, 2 and o stalked, 7 to hind margin, 

 8 and 9 stalked, 11 from before one-thii'd of cell, secondarj- cell 

 indicated. Hind wings slightly broader than fore wings, elongate- 

 ovate, acutelj^ pointed, cilia one-half; veins 3 and 4 parallel, C and 

 7 approximated at base ; forked parting-vein strong; lower median 

 and 1 b with strong pectinations. 



IG'2. Tracliyci'utrd cahunias, n. s. 

 ^ , 27 — 32 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs pale whitish ochreous ; abdomen somewhat infuscated. Fore 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched posteriorly, apex 

 strmigly produced, acute, hind margin concave, oblique ; whitish 

 ochreous, slightly brownish-tinged, sufl'used with oclueous-whitish 



