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Genus 139. Exeeistis. 



Exeristis Meyr. Traus. Eat. Soc. 1886, p. 266. 



Palpi porrect, triangularly and roughly scaled, the 3rd joint 

 hidden ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; f rons with rounded 

 prominence ; antennae ciliated and aunulated ; hind tibiae with the 

 outer medial spur minute in both sexes. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 straight and well 



separated from 8, 9. 

 cell. 



Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of 



Fig. 



139. 



Exeristis asyphela, (^ . f . 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 6, 7 stalked ; 7 anastomosing with 8 



to near apex. 



Type. (l)tExEKiSTis asyphela Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 266. 



Tonga. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with veins 6, 7 from angle of cell ; 7 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to two-thirds of wing. 



(2)tExEEisTis XANTHOTA Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 267. 



Fiji. 

 Genus 140. Monocona. 

 Monocona Warr. A. M. N, H. (6) ix. p. 173 (1892). 

 Palpi porrect, clothed with very long hair below, the 3rd joint 

 hidden ; maxillary palpi dilated with hair; frons with long corneous 



Fig. 140. 



Monocona rubralis, ^ . \. 



prominence with vertical edge excised in front ; antennae clUiated 

 tibiae roughly scaled, the spurs moderate. Fore wing with veins 



