300 Mr. E . Meyrick on the classification 



bent. (Abdomen broken). Fore wings with vein 11 long, oblique. 

 Hind wings as broad as fore wings ; 3 moderately, 4 and 5 closely 

 approximated at base, 7 out of 6 very near origin, anastomosing 

 with 8 to one-third. 



Lederer erroneously states the maxillary palpi to be 

 absent. 



Rhimiilialea sceletaUs, Ld. 



Rhimphalea sceletalis, Ld., 411, pi. xv., 3. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; one imjoerfect specimen re- 

 ceived from Mr. G. Barnard. I have seen a second, also 

 from Queensland. Lederer's type was from Amboina. 



Sameodes, Snell. 

 Forehead somewhat ridged, rather oblique. Ocelli present. 

 Tongue well developed. Antennae three-fourths of fore wings, in 

 male (Snellen) filiform, sinuate in middle, shortly ciliated. Labial 

 palpi moderate, 2nd joint with rough projecting scales, terminal 

 joint exposed, smooth. Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Posterior 

 tibiae in male (Snellen) with a thickening above middle, outer 

 middle-spiu' one-fourth of inner, end-spurs absent ; in female outer 

 spurs nearly half inner. Abdomen in male (?). Fore wings with 

 vein 11 moderately long and oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore 

 wings ; 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to one-third. Fore wings in male (Snellen) with a 

 fold on middle of costa beneath. 



Sameodes pipleidalis, Walk. 



Stenia pipleidalis {piipleisalis) , Walk.^ 420 ; Lepyrodes 

 lepidalis, ib., 465 ; Samea sidealis, ib., 937 ; 

 Hymeniameridionalis, ib., Suppl., 1314; Sameodes 

 trithyralis, Snell., Tijd. v. Ent., 1880, 218 ; ib., 

 1883, pi. viii., 4 ; Samea vespertinalis, Saalm., 

 Ber. Senck. Ges., 1880, 301. 



I have not been able to examine the male. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; two specimens received from 

 Mr. G. Barnard. Also occurs in Celebes, Java, Ceylon, 

 India, and West and Central Africa. 



Pessocosma, n. g. 



Forehead tolerably flat, oblique. Ocelli present. Tongue well 

 developed. Antennae three-fourths of fore wings, in male slender, 

 filiform, markedly sinuate in middle, ciliated with tufts of cilia 



