504 Mr. E. Meyrick on some 



SiCULODES, H.-S. 



125. Siculodes scitaria, Walk. 



Drepanodes scitaria, Walk., Geom., 1488; Anisodes 

 pyriniata, Walk., Geom., 1582 ; Thermesia reticu- 

 lata, ib., SuppL, 1062 ; Azazia navigatoruin, Feld., 

 Eeis. Nov., pi. cxvii., 4 ; Homodes thermesioides, 

 Snell., T. V. E., 1877, 28, pi. ii., 15 ; Sonagara 

 scitaria, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii., 206, pi. 175, 1. 

 J , 22 — 25 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs reddish-ochreous ; base of abdomen and a transverse median 

 line purplish ; anterior legs purplish irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 apex of joints whitish. Fore wings triangular, costa hardly arched, 

 apex rectangular, hind margin rounded, slightly oblique ; 8 and 9 

 rather widely remote ; rather deep reddish-ochreous, with darker 

 or purplish reticulations, sometimes indistinct ; four or five dark 

 grey dots on costa ; a straight narrow purple line from three-fifths 

 of inner margin towards apex, but becoming obsolete before 

 reaching it ; cilia reddish-ochreous, terminal half barred with dark 

 purplish -grey. Hind wings with colour and reticulations as in 

 fore wings ; a straight purple line from before middle of costa to 

 before middle of inner margin ; cilia reddish-ochreous, with a 

 slender purplish median line. 



Port Moresby {Koicald, Sayer) ; three specimens. 

 Also from Japan, India, Ceylon, Celebes, Tonga. 



126. Siculodes aurata, Biitl. 

 One specimen {Sayer). 



PYEALIDID^. 

 Balanotis, Mcyr. 



127. Balanotis crypsaula, Meyr. 

 One specimen (Sayer). 



128. Balanotis didymalis, Walk. 

 One specimen (Sayer). 



Termioptycha, n. g. 



Forehead rounded ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 three-fourths, in ^ ciliated with fascicles (2). Labial palpi very 



