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case large, triangular, swollen about middle, granulated with 

 fragments of lichen, mouth very oblique, apex ratlier flattened, 

 with two loose flaps on sides a little below apex. The description 

 of the ^ given above is taken from Scott (loc. cit.) ; I have bred 

 the 9 freely, but only bred one ^, and that escaped, owing to my 

 being unprepared for its great activity and rapidity of flight ; I 

 have never met with the species on the wing. 



If Walker's description of discistrigella is really taken from the 

 (J of this species, as seems not unlikely, the specific name would 

 have to be adopted for the species ; but I found no type standing 

 under the name in the Museum collection, and think it better to 

 wait until it is discovered, as the description does not fully accord. 



4. Ctenocompa, n.g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli absent ; tongue absent. Antennae 

 \, in (J bipectinated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial 

 palpi short, thick, obtuse, porrected, with some loose rough hairs. 

 Maxillary palpi absent. Posterior tibias with appressed scales. 

 Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 7 to apex, 8 absent, 1 1 from before 

 middle. Hind wings 1, triangular-ovate, cilia J ; vein 4 absent, 6 

 and 7 somewhat approximated. 



Presumably also a development of Xysmatodoma, and allied to 

 the preceding genus. It is nearly related structurally to the 

 genus Melasma, which inhabits the European Alps, but differs in 

 the absence of a vein in both forewings and hind wings. Only 

 the one species is known, 



7. Cten. haliodes, n.sp. 



(^.18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs blackish, 

 clothed with grey hairs. Antennae blackish, pectinations 3, 

 reduced to dentations towards apex. Forewings suboblong, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; 

 dark fuscous, strewn with numerous small paler or whitish-tinged 

 spots throughout ; several irregular Avhite spots towards base ; a 

 larger transverse white spot from costa before middle, reaching 

 half across wing ; beneath this a triangular white spot, below 



