296 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



towards apex, truncate. Posterior tibiae with outer spurs in male 

 one-third of inner. Abdomen elongate, in male with dense anal 

 tuft of long hair-scales ; valves retracted. Fore wings with vein 

 11 very long and oblique. Hind wmgs somewhat broader than 

 fore wings ; 3, 4, 5 tolerably approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near 

 origin, anastomosing with 8 to one-third. Costa of fore wings 

 beneath with a fold of scales towards middle, concealing a pencil 

 of long hairs. 



Pachy arches psittacalis, Hb. 



Parotis psittacalis, Hb., Zut., 523, 524 ; Margarodes 

 psittacalis, Gn., 308. 



Port Darwin, North Australia ; one male. Also occurs 

 in Celebes, China, India, and Ceylon. 



Margakodes, Gn. 

 Forehead somewhat ridged, oblique. Ocelli present. Tongue 

 well developed. Antennae more than tlu-ee- fourths of fore wings, 

 in male iiHform, evenly ciliated (^). Labial palpi moderate, por- 

 rected, broadly dilated beneath with dense projecting scales, ante- 

 riorly truncate, terminal joint concealed. Maxillary palpi rather 

 short, dilated towards apex with dense scales, truncate. Posterior 

 tibice in male with oxiter middle-spur one-fourth of very long inner, 

 outer end-spur one-third of inner. Abdomen elongate, in male 

 with dense anal tuft of hairs ; valves retracted. Fore wings with 

 vein 11 very long and oblique. Hind wings slightly broader than 

 fore wings ; 3, 4, 5 tolerably approximated at base, 7 out of 6 rather 

 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to one-third. Hind wings beneath 

 with a dense clothing of hairs along vein 1 b, stronger and almost 

 forming a tuft posteriorly, but ceasing before extremity. 



Margarodes vertumnalis, Gn. 



Margarodes vertumnalis, Gn., 309 ; Margaronia atli- 

 talis, Walk., 533. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales, in 

 March ; two males. Also occurs in the Philippines, 

 Celebes, Borneo, and India. 



CiRRHOCHRISTA, Ld. 



I have not been able to obtain specimens for exami- 

 nation, and can add nothing to Lederer's characters. 



