457 
Malayan Micro-Lcpido 2 ')tera. 
fuscous, terminal joint with two dark fuscous rings. Ab loinen grey. 
Forewings suboblong, moderate, costa gently arched, concave be¬ 
tween I and f, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat 
oblique ; wliitish-ochreous mixed or suffused with light brownish, 
more or less strewn with blackish scales tending to be arranged in 
longitudinal lines; stigmata represented by tufts of mixed brownish 
and whitish-ochreous scales; prominences of costa marked with 
similar tufts ; an angulated transverse series of small tufts about i, and 
others along termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex curled and 
suffused with brownish. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 
New Guinea, Sariba L, Kei Is., in October; two 
specimens. 
XYLORYCTIDAE. 
Cryptophasa megalorma, n. sp. 
5 . 49 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-wliitish ; palpi 
wdth lower ^ of second joint externally dark fuscous ; thorax with 
anterior and posterior spots of fuscous suffusion. Abdomen ochre- 
ous-whilish, on dorsum with broad almost confluent bands of dark 
grey suffusion, with almost concealed subbasal dark red-brown 
band. Forewings elongate, moderately broad, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen somewhat obliquely rounded ; ochreous-w’hitish, 
suffusedly irrorated with fuscous except tow’ards costa and in middle 
of disc ; base of costa blackish ; stigmata forming rather large black 
spots, approximated, first discal oblique-oval, second transverse-oval, 
plical between these two, round ; two or three streaks of blackish 
suffusion on veins about | ; four small round black spots on jjosterior 
half of costa, and a row- of large black dots along termen, becoming 
larger round tornus : cilia fuscous-whitish, suffused wdth fuscous 
on a subbasal shade and posterior half. Hindwings fuscous, paler 
towards costa ; a suffused blackish dot in middle of disc : a series of 
small round suffused blackish spots round apex and termen ; cilia as 
in forewings. 
New Guinea, Ron Island, in July (Doherty); one 
specimen. Type in Coll. R)t!ischild. 
Athrypsiastis, n. g. 
Head with loosely appressed hairs ; ocelli present; tongue de¬ 
veloped. Antennae f, in ^ bipectinated, towards apex simple, 
basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 
recurved, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint somewhat 
shorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short 
