CARPOSINIDiE. 
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CAKPOSXNXDtE. 
There seems to be reason to think that this curious and isolated 
family is really, like the similarly situated Orneoclidce , a specialized 
development of the Copromorphidce. 
Meridarchis octohola, n. sp. 
9- 24-25 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark 
fuscous except towards apex. Thorax white, a blackish transverse 
blotch on back anteriorly, and a mark on shoulder. Porewings 
elongate, slightly dilated, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 
white, faintly tinged pale greyish-ochreous except on costa; 
markings black ; a dot on base of costa, a large one at 4, and 5 on 
posterior half; a round spot on dorsum near base, a crescentic spot 
beneath costa towards base, and 6 round spots in disc, viz. 3 repre¬ 
senting stigmata, discal remote, plical somewhat before first discal, 
2 midway between discal near costa and below middle respectively, 
and one touching or confluent with second discal beneath; a ter¬ 
minal series of 5 subtriangular dots : cilia greyish-white. Hind- 
wings whitish, tinged grey towards apex ; cilia whitish. 
M oluccas, Puiu, 5000 feet, l\4aich, jkpril (74 citt ) , 2 ex. 
Carposina ferruginea, n. sp. 
9 . 21 mm. Head, thorax light ochreons tinged ferruginous. 
Palpi 4, light ochreous, towards base suffusedly irrorated dark 
fuscous. Porewings slightly dilated, termen hardly sinuate, 
oblique ; ferruginous-ochreous ; transverse subdorsal tufts irrorated 
blackish near base and at ^ ; a spot of dark grey irroration in disc 
before middle, and a quadrate blotch beyond middle, followed by 
a blackish dot; an inwards-oblique blackish mark from dorsum 
towards tornus: cilia pale ochreous slightly speckled fuscous. 
Hindwings whitish-blue-grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Natal, Stellenbosch, February (Brain) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Carposina altivaga, n. sp. 
9'. 24 mm. Head white. Palpi 3|, white, second joint dark 
fuscous towards base and beneath, tinged ochreous on side, base of 
terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax white, centrally suffused 
dark grey, a light brown anterior marginal band. Fore wings 
slightly dilated, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique; white, 
near base tinged ochreous; an elongate-triangular black costal spot 
near base ; a broad transverse band of irregular light brownish- 
ockreous suffusion extending over wing from ^ to | ; a black spot 
on costa at |, whence a very undefined irregular oblique fascia of 
dark grey irroration or suffusion crosses wing; five small black 
spots on posterior half of costa, third of these connected with an 
obliqne-oval blackish spot beneath it, from posterior end of this a 
rather incurved fascia of dark grey irroration runs to dorsum just 
beyond preceding fascia; costa beyond this to apex suffused 
