Five species of Blastobasis are described: Blastobasis murcyae, B. moffetti, B. christou, B. orladelaneae from New Caledonia and B. lososi from Fiji Islands. These descriptions represent, for the first time, a report of Blastobasinae (Coleophoridae) on these islands. Photographs of the imagos, illustrations of wing venation, male and female genitalia are provided as available.

• Adamski, David(Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History)
• Brown, Richard-L.(Mississippi Entomological Museum, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology)