226 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 
reddish-ochreous, tips paler, sometimes with an obscure darker 
line. Hind wings ochreous-yellowish, almost or quite wholly 
suffused with pale fuscous ; generally a small suffused dark fuscous 
spot in middle of disc, and sometimes another smaller and fainter 
obliquely above and before it; a moderate cloudy dark fuscous 
hind-marginal band, slightly dilated at apex and above anal angle, 
suddenly ceasing before reaching anal angle; cilia yellow-ochreous, 
tips paler. 
Fourteen specimens. Probably nearest MW. deprivalis, 
from Ceylon and New Zealand. 
9. OrtHomEcynA, Butl. 
Forehead rounded, vertical. Ocelli present. Tongue well- 
developed. Antenne three-fourths, in male filiform, shortly 
ciliated (one-third), rough-scaled on back. Labial palpi moderately 
long, porrected, second joint with dense rough projecting scales 
beneath, longer and almost tufted towards apex, terminal joint 
concealed. Maxillary palpi moderate, terminally dilated with 
scales, truncate. Abdomen in male with moderately large anal 
tuft, valves exserted. Posterior tibie with all spurs moderately 
long, nearly equal. Fore wings with veins 8 and 9 stalked, 11 
moderately oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore wings; veins 4 
and 5 stalked, 7 rising separate from 6, connected with 8 at a point 
only near origin, lower median with well-defined pectination; in 
male with vein 8 absent, on upper surface with a longitudinal hairy 
grooved fold from base beneath lower median above vein la to 
hind margin. 
A special endemic development, most allied to Mecyna. 
1. Fore wings ochreous-brown .. te ay .. 23. albicaudata. 
5 greyish se ae as Pid 2. 
2, Fore wings with lines tolerably distinct, blackish .. 24. exigua. 
Fe Fe imperceptible .. oe .. 25. aphanopis. 
23. Orthomecyna albicaudata, Butl. 
Orthomecyna albicaudata, Butl., Ent. Mo. Mag., xix., 
178. 
So @, 18—23 mm. Abdomen brownish-ochreous, in male 
becoming ochreous-white posteriorly. Fore wings elongate- 
triangular, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, hind margin rather 
obliquely rounded; ochreous, irrorated with ochreous-brown ; two 
hardly traceable darker lines, first from two-fifths of costa to 
middle of inner margin, almost straight, second from three-fifths 
