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SIR G. F. HAMPSOIf EEYISION OF MOTHS [Feb. 21, 



Grenus 139. Exeeistis. 



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



Palpi porreet, triaagularly and roughly scaled, the 3rd joint 

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

 prominence ; antenna ciliated and annulated ; 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. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of 

 cell. 



Fig. 139. 



Exeristis asyphela, c? . f . ' 



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

 to near apex. 



Tyjpe. (l)tExEEiSTis asiphela 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. MoisrocoisrA. 

 Monocona Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) \x. p. 173 (1892). 

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

 hidden ; maxillary palpi dilated with hair ; f rons with long corneous 



Fitr. 140. 



Monocona rubralis, (^ . \. 



prominence with vertical edge excised in front ; antennae cilliated 

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



