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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Java, Seneng, bred May from larvae feeding on leaves of 
“ latengan ” (Dr. L. 0. E. Kalshoven ) ; 4 ex. Allied to bjerkan- 
clrella and hestiarcha. 
METAPODISTIS, n. g. 
Head smooth ; ocelli rather large, posterior ; tongue short. 
Antennae §, filiform, scape short, without pecten. Labial palpi 
rather short, curved, ascending, with appressed scales, second joint 
short, terminal joint longer than second, pointed. Maxillary palpi 
absent. Hind legs rather long, tibiae smooth, spurs stout, rough- 
scaled posteriorly, tarsi longer than tibiae, smooth, very minute 
bristles (hardly perceptible) at apex of joints. Forewings 1 b short- 
furcate, 2 from 3 from angle, 7 to apex, 8 from near 7, diverging, 
9 and 10 rather near and parallel, 11 from somewhat before middle. 
Hind wings rather under 1, oblong-ovate, cilia ^ ; 2 from 3 and 4 
connate, 5-7 rather approximated towards base. 
A curious form, allied to Glyphipteryx. 
Metapodistis chrysosema, n. sp. 
2 . 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax glossy dark purplish-bronze. 
Antennae whitish-ochreous, obscurely ringed grey. Hind legs dark 
bronzy-fuscous, spurs internally white, apical joint of tarsi whitish. 
Fore wings elongate, slightly dilated, costa anteriorly straight, 
posteriorly gently arched, apex broadly rounded, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; a narrow trans¬ 
verse silvery-whitish fascia about interrupted in middle, and 
another similar slightly beyond §, in interruption of second a 
golden-metallic elongate dot; a small white spot on costa at |, 
terminated beneath by a golden-metallic dot, and four golden- 
metallic dots round apical margin (cilia denuded). Hindwings dark 
violet-grey ; cilia greyish (damaged). 
Solomon Is., Tulagi, September; “walks backwards’’ (R. A. 
Lever) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
PHALONIADiE. 
Phalonia conomochla, n. sp. 
B . 22 mm. Head whitish-yellow. Palpi yellow-whitish, second 
joint slightly sprinkled ferruginous and dark grey. Thorax yellow- 
whitish. Forewings very elongate-triangular, costa almost straight, 
gently arched towards obtuse apex, termen straight, oblique ; 
yellow-whitish; a thick irregular oblique ferruginous-brown fasciate 
streak from dorsum before middle, reaching half across wing ; 
a triangular ferruginous-brown praetornal spot, cilia whitish. 
Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish, an indistinct greyish subbasal 
shade. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg (8800 feet), July (T. B. Fletcher)', 1 ex. 
Nearest prangana Kenn. 
