PXRAUSTIBA 
399 
PTILADAKCHA, n. g. 
Face rounded-prominent; tongue developed. Antennre |, <5 
minutely ciliated, stalk clothed above with dense hairscales on 
basal with an expansible tuft of dense hairs above from near 
base, scape stout. Labial palpi moderately long, obliquely ascend¬ 
ing, second joint much thickened with dense scales forming an 
angular apical tuft beneath, terminal joint short, obtuse. Maxillary 
palpi short, porrect, loosely scaled. Abdomen J with small 
lateral segmental scaletufts. Hind tibiae $ rather short, thickened 
and rather distorted, basal half above with dense double scaletuft, 
apical half apparently glandular, with dense oppressed scales raised 
above towards apex. Forewings 3-5 basally approximated, 7 
curved and approximated on basal third to stalk of 8 and 9, 10 
closely approximated. Hindwings with cubital vein and whole 
basal half of wing below it clothed long fine hairs ; 3-5 basally 
approximated, 7 out of 6 near base, anastomosing with 8 to -j. 
Ptiladarcha consularis, n. sp. 
6 $ . 40-42 ram. Head, thorax fuscous. Palpi fuscous, basal 
oblique half white, an orange basal spot internally. Abdomen 
fuscous, beneath whitish. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, 
costa moderately arched towards apex, termen somewhat bowed, 
oblique: purplish-fuscous; first and second lines darker, obscure, 
obsolete on margins, first rather oblique, second transverse on upper 
|, slightly bent at 5, forming three small spots between 2-5, widely 
broken inwards to beneath darker transverse discal mark, thence 
somewhat excurved to dorsum, discal mark and second line in $ 
partially edged posteriorly obscure lighter or whitish suffusion : 
cilia grey, basal half darker. Hindwings colour, discal mark and 
second line, and cilia nearly as in forewings. 
Fiji, Lautoka, October, November (//. Phillips ); 2 ex. (type 
Brit. Mus.). 
PE0T0TYLA, n. g. 
Face rounded; tongue well-developed. Antennae J stout, 
abruptly curved in middle, with scaletufts on back above and below 
curve. Labial palpi moderate, obliquely ascending, second joint 
thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint ^ of second, slender, 
smooth, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi minute. Hind tibiae 
smooth, outer middle-spur half inner. Forewings 2 from 3-5 
approximated at base, 7 straight, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 closely 
approximated. Hindwings without cubital pecten, 2 from §, 3-5 
nearly approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing 
with 8 to 3 . 
Prototyla alopecopa, n. sp. 
£ , 31 mm. Head ferruginous, forehead pale ochreous, separated 
by a greyish bar from w 7 hitish lower half of face. Palpi ferruginous- 
ochreous. Thorax light grey, collar and shoulders deep ferruginous. 
