488 
EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
very long, thickened with scales, widest near base, rather rough 
above, terminal joint short, exposed, loosely scaled, obtuse. Max¬ 
illary palpi short, porrect, expanded with rough scales apically. 
Hind tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings 2 from J, 3-5 approxi¬ 
mated basally, 7 curved and approximated to 9 near base, 8 and 9 
stalked, 10 approximated to 9 towards base, 11 free. Hindwings 1, 
without cubital pecten ; 2 from -|, 3 from angle, 4 and 5 stalked, 
connate with 3, 7 out of 6 near base, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 
Notwithstanding the presence of a small tongue, I refer this to 
Schoenobicidce as a primitive type. 
Paracentristis incommoda, n. sp. 
cf . 25 mm. Head, thorax white, shoulder and collar behind eye 
orange. Palpi brownish-orange. Fore wings elongate-triangular, 
costa slightly arched near apex, termen rather obliquely rounded; 
shining white ; a slender pointed orange costal streak from base 
to f, suffused fuscous on costa ; a blackish-grey dot on margin of 
cell at about ^ of wing, and one beyond it on vein 16; a blackish- 
gre}^ linear mark on basal third of vein 2, a shorter oblique mark 
across 4 and 5 near origin,, and one on middle of 4, a dot on 2 near 
second line, and one on 16 towards tornus; second line represented 
by a series of blackish-grey dots on veins 16-7, uppermost at 
about of wing, lowest on tornus, six lowest evenly excurved; 
a terminal series of blackish dots or scales : cilia white. Hindwings 
white; blackish-grey dots on veins 2-4 towards termen ; minute 
blackish-grey terminal dots ; cilia white. 
Fiji, Yunidawa, November ( JI . Phillips) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
GALLEHlADiE. 
Tirathaba chionophthalma, n. sp. 
2 . 31 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-rosy. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched towards apex, apex obtuse- 
pointed, termen faintly sinuate, little oblique ; dull crimson ; lines 
indicated by grey suffusion, both rather obliquely excurved, first 
about J, second about |, some grey irroration towards costa between 
them ; a conspicuous snow-white quadrate spot in disc just beyond 
first line : cilia dull crimson, a thick dark grey subbasal shade, 
tips whitish. Hindwings grey-whitish, termen tinged pale rosy 
suffusion ; cilia whitish, base tinged rosy. 
Fiji, Yunidawa, March (H. Phillips ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
HYPAULACISTIS, n. g. 
Face with strong tuft of hairs ; tongue developed. Antennae 
simple, scape tufted with rough hairs, Labial palpi ( 3 ) very small, 
ascending, loosely scaled. Maxillary palpi imperceptible. Hind 
tibiae rough-scaled on basal half above and beneath. Forewings 
(apparently naturally) folded to form a deep median groove, clothed 
with androconia from base to cell open, 6 from near 9, 7 and 8 
