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ALGERIAN MICRO LEPIDO PTERA. 

 BY THE HT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



{Continued from page 58). 



COLEOPHORA, lib. 



3G79 : 1. — COLICOPIUORV AROENTIFrJIBRrATA, sp . U. 

 Antennae whitish, broiizj <al Iho base. Palpi smooth, porrect ; whitish. Head 

 sliining bronzy. Thorax coppery bronze. Forewiiitjs bright, shining, coppery 

 bronze ; costal cilia pale silvery bronze, the dorsal and terminal cilia bronzy grey. 

 E.vp. al. 15—16 mm. Hindwings pale leaden grey ; cilia bronzy grey. Abdomen 

 dark leaden grey. Legs bronzy grey. 



^)/P(^, S (8303) ; ? (97590). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. : ALGERIA— Haimuam-es-Salahin, 1S.III.1895 {Eaton) ; 

 25.111.1903, 1-1. 1 II— lMV. 1904 {Wlsm.). Forty-oue specimens. 



Two ypeeiuicus were taken by Mr. Eaton " in a dry torrent bed, 

 a little to the ri<^ht and just beyond the reed-encircled pond about 

 one kilometre 8.W. of Hammam-es-Salahin," and I searched for the 

 species very diligently in the same locality but only succeeded in 

 taking one much worn (^ at light in 1903. In 190'l! I found it the 

 commonest insect in tlie place, and set thirty-eight specimens, — cases 

 subsequently collected on Trifolium sp. must undoubtedly belong to 

 this species, although unfortunately 1 did not breed it. 



3700 : 1. — CoLEOPHORA SUBCASTANEA, sp. 11. 



Antennae stccl-grey, yellowish oelircous towards the base ; without tuft. Palpi 

 long, ])orrect, extending nearly twice the length of the head bej'ond it, closely 

 clothed witli hair-like scales to the apes ; ochreous. Head and Thorax light 

 yellow-ochrcous. Foreivings light yellow-ochreous, blending toward the apex with 

 pale chestnut, by which the ncuration is indistinctly marked on the outer half of 

 the wing ; cilia brownish oclireous. Exp. al. 14 — 17 mm. Hindwings pale grey ; 

 cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs pale oclireous. 



Type, ? (96521) ; ^ (90524). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah.: ALGERIA— Biskra, 15.III— 15.IV.1903 ; Ilammam-es- 

 Salahin, 9. IV. 1904. Eleven specimens. 



A few specimens taken near the race-course, on recently culti- 

 vated land, now run to waste, among low herbaceous growth. Larva 

 not discovered. Quite a distinct species, perhaps most nearly allied 

 to sfefanii; .Toauu. 



3712 : 1. — CoLEOniORA MICROXANTnA, sp. n. 

 ^/iiennae snow-white ; not tufted, but slightly thickened at the base. Palpi 

 smooth, without projecting scales beneath ; white. Head white. Thorax pale 

 lemon-yellow ; tegulae white. Forewings narrow, pointed ; lemon-yellow, with two 



