BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 247 



APISTOMORPHA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennae much 

 shorter than fore-wings, slender, filiform. No maxillary palpi. 

 Labial palpi rather short, thick, arched ; second joint beneath 

 with a loose rather long tuft of projecting hairs, terminal joint 

 loosely scaled, slender, pointed. Fore-wings elongate, hind- 

 margin oblique, sinuate beneath apex, apex rounded, produced. 

 Hind-wings ovate-lanceolate, rather pointed, narrower than 

 fore-wings, cilia as broad as hind- wings. Abdomen rather 

 elongate. Legs rather short, smoothly scaled. Fore-wings 

 with 12 veins; secondary cell indicated ; 7 and 8 stalked, one 

 to each side of apex ; 1 very shortly furcate at base. Hind- 

 wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from posterior angle of cell. 



Closely allied to Glyphipteryx, and in superficial appearance 

 extremely similar, but characterised clearly by the stalking of 

 veins 7 and 8 of fore wings, and the tuft on second joint of 

 palpi; in the latter character it resembles Phryganostola, but 

 differs in the venation. 



The habits of the imago are similar to those of Glyphipteryx ; 

 it has the same motion of fanning its wings when at rest. The 

 larva is yet unknown. 



Apist. argyrosema, n. sp. 



$ ? . 3V'-4". Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi white 

 at base, second joint with two whorls of black white-tipped 

 scales, produced beneath to form a rough tuft of black and white 

 hairs ; terminal joint black, clothed except extreme apex with 

 two whorls of black white-tipped hairs. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, with silvery- whitish rings. Legs dark 

 fuscous, all tarsi with slender white rings at apex of joints, 

 posterior tibiee with white central and apical bands, posterior 

 tarsi with two apical joints wholly white. Fore- wings rather 

 short, rather narrow, hind-margin distinctly sinuate ; dark 



