282 SIB G. l\ HAMPSOS REVISION OF MOTUS [Feb. 21, 



before augle of cell ; 5 from above angle and almost obsolete ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8 almost to apex. 



Type. *MiMASARTA NivEiFASciALis Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894, 

 p. 1(34, & Mon. Phyc. ii. pi. xxiv. f. 6. Marghilan, C. Asia. 



Genus 157. Mexapeotus, nov. 



Palpi porrect and sliort, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair, 

 the 3rd naked ; maxillary palpi minute and filiform ; proboscis 

 minute ; Irons with a pointed corneous prominence ; antennas of 

 female minutely ciliated ; tibia; moderately hairy, the spurs 

 moderate. Fore \\ing with the costa slightly excised beyond 

 middle ; the apex somewhat produced and acute, and the outer 

 margin somewhat excised below apex ; veins \i, 4, 5 well separated 

 at origin ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 from cell near 

 upper angle. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 5 from above the angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8. 



Fig. 157. 



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Metap-otus asuridia, ^ . \. 



Type. (l)tMETAPEOTUs AsrniDiA Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 430, 

 pi. X. f . 5 ( $ ). Queensland. 



(2)*METAPE0Trs MAGNiFiCA Mcyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1887, p. 200, 



Australia. 



Genus 158. Sim-ethistis. 



Simcethistis Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 446 (1896). 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 

 3rd prominent ; maxillary palpi minute ; frons with a rounded 



Fig. 158. 



Sitnaihistis tricolor, (S ■ t- (From Moths Ind. toI. iv.) 



prominence ; antennae annulate. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 at regular 



