COSMO PTEK.YGID2E. 
607 
Forewings lanceolate; blackish; markings raised, bright silvery- 
metallic, with golden reflections, viz. rather broad basal and median 
fasciae and patch occupying apical third, somewhat expanded beneath 
and tending to be connected on dorsum, some small spots or trans¬ 
verse markings in disc between these: cilia grey, darker towards 
base. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia grey. 
Java, Mt. Gede, 2650 feet, bred November from larvae mining 
leaves of Polygonum chinense (?) {Dr. L. G. Kalshoven ) ; 6 ex. 
Chrysoclista hexachrysa, n. sp. 
d . 13 mm, Head, thorax shining purplish-grey, face shining 
bronze with whitish reflections. Palpi shining whitish, anterior 
edge of terminal joint dark grey. Antennae grey, apical fourth 
whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings shining orange ; a dark 
purple-fuscous narrow streak from base along costa, enlarged into 
an oblong blotch from near base to containing golden-metallic tufts 
at each end, and terminating in an apical blotch with dark blue and 
purple reflections occupying ^ of wing and sending a triangular 
projection inwards to middle of disc containing a golden-metallic 
dash, also extended as a thick streak along termen to a large golden- 
metallic dorsal tuft before tornus; two subdorsal golden-metallic 
tufts between this and a dark fuscous spot on base of dorsum-: cilia 
dark grey, Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 
Japan (Kyusyu), Korasan, May {Prof. T . Esaki ) ; 1 ex. Allied 
to the European linneella. 
Mompha isocrita, n. sp. 
c? . 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark purplish-grey, palpi pale- 
speckled. Fore wings dark purplish-grey, obscurely pale-speckled; 
stigmata forming black tufts, first discal and plical confluent to 
form a direct transverse ridge : cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; 
cilia grey. 
Java, Telawa, bred March from larvae feeding on leaves of 
Zizyphus ( Khamnacece) {Dr. L. G. Kalshoven ); 3 ex. 
ASTER0STOMA, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts raised; ocelli posterior; 
tongue short. Antennae scape elongate. Labial palpi long, 
recurved, second joint thickened with smooth scales, terminal joint 
somewhat shorter than second, stout, compressed, short-pointed. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Hind tibia smooth. Forewings 
with tufts of scales; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hindwings 
under £, linear-lanceolate, cilia 8 . 
Allied to Mompha ; the neural characters are at present im¬ 
perfectly ascertained. 
Asterostoma electracma, n. sp. 
$ 8 mm. Head whitish, some black scales on crown, face 
