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and tlie apex of the first is also banded white ; the second 

 is almost all white, save a small 1)1 ack basal band, last two 

 pure white. 



"Wings densely clothed with black and yellow scales, the 

 former predominating, so that the wings look sooty black. 

 . . . The black scaled costa has two small white spots^ 

 one near the apex ; this spot extends on to the first long vein 

 and the upper branch of the first submarginal cell ; the 

 second costal spot just touches the first long vein. ' There are 

 also small pale scaled areas on the lower branch of the first 

 submarginal cell, on each of the branches of the second pos- 

 terior cell, a few pale scales on the bases of the fork cells, 

 and on the third long vein. On the upper branch of the 

 fifth are two small pale areas, the lower branch and stem 

 being mostly pale scaled. The sixth pale scaled with two 

 black spots. V\^ing fringe entirely brown, the border scales 

 yellowish. 



" Length, 5 to 5*5 mm." 



Vol. iii, p. 85, this variety is elevated to the dignity of a 

 distinct species, Myzorhynchus mauritianus Grand^yre, 

 and the following remarks are made : 



" The species is quite distinct, and may be told by the four 

 palpal bands, by the last two hind tarsi only being all white^ 

 and the absence of the pale wing spot, and thus differs from 

 paludis Theohald." 



It may be that the species are quite distinct to the describer, 

 thoroughly familiar with both, but the descriptions would cer- 

 tainly not enable a distinction to be made. Distinction of 

 colour as between Avhite and yellow is not constant. In vol. i 

 it is stated that paludis has four white palpal bands ; there 

 are three pale wing spots mentioned as found in paludis, 

 which are not mentioned in the account of paludis, variety 

 similis, viz : one on the first long vein further back than one 

 third of the length from the apex, one on the fringe at the 

 apex, and one at the termination of the lower branch of the 

 fifth vein. AVliich of these is the pale wing spot, of which 

 the absence distinguishes mauritianus from paludis ? The 



