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EXOTIC MICKOLEriDOFTERA. 
terminal joint shorter than second, compressed, somewhat pointed. 
Maxillary palpi several-jointed, folded, slender, filiform. Posterior 
tibiae smooth. Forewings apex somewhat down-turned ; 2 from 
towards angle, 3 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 
Hindwings |, lanceolate, cilia 1|; cell open between 2 and 5, 3 and 
4 absent, 6 absent, 5 and 7 approximated. 
Belongs to group of Erechthias . 
Phruriastis meliphaga, n. sp. 
c? $ . 6-8 mm. Head dark grey, face whitish. Palpi dark 
fuscous, apex of second joint whitish, terminal joint ochreous- 
yellowish except base. Thorax grey, posterior edge whitish, 
shoulders and anterior edge dark gre}\ Fore wings rather narrow, 
apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; pale grey ; an 
elongate black spot on base of costa; small black spots on costa 
at | and at tornus, and near apex : cilia grey-whitish. Hind- 
wings and cilia grey. 
Fur, Labasa, September, October ( Veitch ); 3 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). 
Catalectis ptilozona, n. sp. 
(5 2 • 8 mm. Head, thorax white. Labial palpi white, second 
joint dark fuscous except apex. Maxillary palpi blackish. Fore¬ 
wings white; an elongate dark brown spot on base of costa; a 
moderate somewhat oblique dark brown median fascia, slightly 
narrower towards costa, edged anteriorly by a ridge of raised scales, 
and posteriorly edged blackish and on lower half with a strong 
ridge-tuft grey anteriorly and blackish posteriorly; a small 
blackish dot on costa at |, and one in disc beneath it; a small 
metallic-grey spot at apex: cilia ochreous-whitisk. Hindwings 
rather dark grey; cilia grey. 
Fiji, Labasa, September, October ( Veitch ); 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). 
Decadarchis subridens, n. sp. 
d . 10 mm. Head, palpi ochreous-whitish. Thorax whitish, 
anteriorly infuscated, a short expansible ochreous-whitish hair- 
pencil from beneath forewings. Forewings apex upturned; 
ochreous-white ; markings dark brown; a mark on base of costa; 
an oblique spot from costa at | ; an oblique mark from costa 
before middle uniting at a very acute angle with a very oblique 
fascia from of dorsum interrupted in disc, from angle of this an 
ochreous-yellow line runs just beneath costa to confluent with 
a very oblique striga from a dark fuscous mark on costa at |; an 
extremely oblique narrow slightly upcurved fascia running from | 
of dorsum to apex, suffusedly interrupted in middle, an apical 
ochreous dot preceded by a black dot; cilia white, on costal origin 
a dark brown spot, above apex a fine dark fuscous hook. Hind- 
