BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 235 



Glyph, asteriella, n. sp. 



? . 6". Head and thorax dark bronzy fuscous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous at base, second joint with two flattened whorls 

 of black whitish-ochreous-tipped scales, terminal joint black 

 with two white rings. Antenna dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 blackish-fuscous, posteriorly with silvery-white rings, anal 

 extremity ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, middle and posterior 

 tibiae with slender central and apical whitish rings, all tarsi with 

 slender whitish rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings elongate, 

 rather broad, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; deep bronze, 

 all markings obscurely dark-margined ; a clear white irregularly 

 margined transverse fascia close to base, hardly touching costa 

 broadest in middle ; an oblique silvery-metallic streak from costa 

 at , meeting a clear white rectangular spot on middle of inner 

 margin ; a silvery-metallic transverse spot on middle of costa, 

 and a similar spot slightly beyond it on disc ; a silvery-metallic 

 costal streak at f , bent obliquely inwards, reaching middle, from 

 the extremity of which proceeds a bent longitudinal rather 

 slender black streak to hind-margin above anal angle ; above 

 this streak are four short black longitudinal streaks on disc, and 

 below it are two roundish confluent black spots on anal angle ; 

 an outwardly oblique silvery-metallic streak from inner margin 

 before anal angle, cutting the first two black streaks ; two 

 silvery-metallic parallel sub-apical streaks from costa, becoming 

 white in costal cilia, the anterior nearly meeting a curved silvery- 

 metallic streak from anal angle along lower half of hind-margin, 

 the posterior going to hind-margin below apex ; cilia whitish, 

 dark fuscous on costa, apex, and anal angle, basal half separated 

 by a dark fuscous line and clothed with deep bronze scales, 

 except where a white indentation meets the posterior sub-apical 

 streak. Hind- wings somewhat trapezoidal, dark fuscous ; cilia 

 dark fuscous. 



A handsome species, conspicuously distinct from its nearest 

 allies through the white fascia close to base. One female taken 



