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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
erect, second joint densely rough-scaled, terminal joint as long as 
second, rough-scaled anteriorly, obtuse. Maxillary palpi short, 
somewhat thickened with scales, subascending. Forewings 2 from 
near angle, 4 and 5 short-stalked, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings 
cell 2 tolerably remote from angle, 4 and 5 long-stalked, 3 closely 
approximated to stalk towards base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anasto¬ 
mosing with 8 to near middle. 
Probably allied with and primitive to Trissonca. 
Ceratagra mitrophora, n. sp. 
<3 5. 18 mm. Head, thorax reddish-brown, 3 with broad 
swollen ochreous-white fillet covering forehead, face below this dark 
red-brown. Palpi 3 whity-brownish, second joint nearly blackish, 
2 dark red-brown, base white. Antennae <$ with three minute 
teeth on inner side of stalk near base. Forewings elongate, 
gradually dilated, costa slightly arched, terrnen rather obliquely 
rounded ; light reddish-brown, irregularly sprinkled dark reddish- 
brown ; first line at straight, whitish, edged by an oblique 
reddish-fuscous mark on costa posteriorly, and followed on lower 
| by a strong direct swollen ridge of dark red-brown scales ; costa 
rather broadly suffused whitish from first line to second; two 
indistinct cloudy grey dots transversely placed on end of cell; second 
line parallel to terrnen, indistinct, whitish, somewhat irregular, 
indented on fold, edged anteriorly dark fuscous suffusion except on 
costa, and followed on costa by a spot of dark fuscous suffusion: 
cilia light greyish-rosy with faint darker lines, extreme tips whitish. 
Hindwings ochreous-whitish, terrnen narrowly suffused grey; cilia 
ochreous-whitish, a faint grey subbasal line. 
Fiji, Labasa, bred November from larvae feeding on young leaves 
of Catlm vitiensis ( W. Greenwood ) ; 4 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Homoeosoma symmicta, n. sp. 
3 $ . 10-12 mm. Head, thorax light grey. Palpi dark grey, 
base whitish. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa posteriorly 
gently arched, terrnen obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 long-stalked ; 
light grey, irregularly sprinkled darker grey and whitish; lines 
slightly indicated, but not definable : cilia pale grey. Hindwings 
thinly scaled, grey-whitish, veins and terminal edge grey ; cilia 
grey-whitish, a faint greyish subbasal line. 
Fiji, Lautoka, in the mountains, bred December, January from 
larvae feeding in flowerheads of Erigeron ( W. Greenwood ) ; 3 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.). 
Homoeosoma hypogypsa, n. sp. 
2 . 14 mm. Head, thorax white, somewhat sprinkled light 
grey. Palpi grey sprinkled dark grey, base and tip whitish. 
Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa posteriorly gently arched, 
terrnen obliquely rounded; 4 and 5 stalked to middle; white 
irrorated grey, lines hardly perceptibly indicated : cilia grey-whitish. 
Hindwings thinly scaled, grey-whitish, terminal edge suffused dark 
grey; cilia whitish, a faint grey subbasal line. 
