290 Mr. E. Meyrick's ilcscriptions of 



Hind wings dark grey, with pnrplish reflections, in male con- 

 siderably lighter towards base ; cilia grey, darker towards base, 

 round apex white. 



Tonga and Fiji {Matheir) ; two specimens. 



TINEID.E. 

 Anastathma, n. g. 

 Head with long roxigh hairs ; tongue short. Antennae four-fifths 

 of fore wings, in male filiform, simple. Labial palpi moderate, 

 widely divergent, curved, ascending, second joint with long rough 

 projecting hairs beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, with 

 appressed scales, tolerably obtuse. Maxillary palpi absent. Pos- 

 terior tibise clothed with very long hairs above. Fore wings with 

 vein 1 furcate at base, 2 widely remote from 3, 6 absent, 7 absent, 

 8 absent, 11 from about middle of cell. Hind wings rather 

 narrower than fore wings, lanceolate, cilia one and a half; veins 2 

 and 3 remote, 4 from near 5, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to costa, 7 from 

 angle of cell. 



165. Anastathma callicJtrtjsa, n. s. 

 (^ , 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish fuscous. 

 Antennae, abdomen, and legs grey, anterior legs dark fuscous. Fore 

 wings elongate, tolerably pointed ; shining brassy-yellow ; base 

 narrowly dark purplish fuscous ; a rather narrow purpHsh fuscous 

 hmd-marginal band, anteriorly somewhat edged with blackish, 

 extending from apex down hind margin to middle of wing, 

 attenuated beneath ; a blackish apical dot ; cilia purplish fuscous, 

 paler towards anal angle, with three black lines. Hind wings and 

 cilia whitish grey, slightly purplish-tinged. 



Fiji {Lucas) ; one specimen. 



ERECHTHIAD^. 

 Decadarchis, n. g. 

 Head rougli-haired; ocelli present ; no tongue. Antennas three- 

 foin-ths (?) of fore wings, in male (?). Labial palpi moderate, 

 straight, porrcctcd, second joint with long dense projecting hairs 

 beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, obtuse, with short 

 projecting hairs beneath. Maxillary palpi moderate, drooping. 

 Posterior tibise densely clothed with long hair-scales. Fore wings 

 with vein 1 simple, 2 from rather near angle, 5 absent, 7 absent, 

 11 from before middle of cell. Hind wings as broad as fore wings, 



