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hiii<l\vings, as well as the colouring; of both wings on the iindersiilc, 

 enables this to be somewhat easily distinguished from other uni- 

 colorous white s|)ecies. 



3.S()6 : 1. — CoJiEOPHOHA PUAECIPUA, Sp. U. 

 Antennae vvliile, very faiiiMy aiiiuiliiti' ; vvilli a rallier short bi'ownish while t.uffc 

 on the basal joint. Palpi white, witii slightlj' projecting scales at tlie end of the 

 median joint beneath. Head brownisli white. Thorax white, with a brownish 

 streak along the middle posteriorly. Forewinffs with the costa pure white through- 

 out, this white band gradually widening outward from the base to the apex, its 

 lower edge clearly defined by a dark ehocolate-brown streak from near the base, 

 gradually narrowing outward, its outer extremity broken into scattered scales before 

 and at the apex of the wing ; below this streak the wing-surface may be described 

 as ashy grey, with a slight brownisli tinge above the fold but not below it, a line of 

 black scales, more or less separated from each other, running from the base below 

 the fold as far as its outer extremity on the dorsum ; cilia on the costa white, below 

 the apex pale browmsh cinereous, ^.r^j. a^. 18— 20 mm. Hindwings shining, pale 

 slaty grey ; cilia brownish cinereous. Abdomen shining greyish. Legs very pale 

 greyish, unspotted. 



Type, ? (96529) ; ^ (9G530). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. : ALGERIA — Biskra, 11-20.111.191)3; Ilammara-es- 

 Salahin, 9-l7.lV.1904. Four specimens. 



Perhaps most nearly allied to directclla, Z. (3866), but at once 

 distinguished by the conspicuous dark chocolate-brown streak below 

 the white costal band. A conspicuous and most distinct species of 

 which unfortunately I could only secure four specimens. 



3904 : 1. — COLEOPHORA POECILELLA, SjJ. n. 

 Anlennae and Palpi dull white. Read dull white, slightly stained with 

 ochreous above. Thorax pale fawn-ochreous. Foreioings pale fawn-oclireous to 

 two-thirds of their width from the dorsum ; dull white along the costa, minutely 

 dusted throughout with blackish scales ; cilia pale fawn-ochreous. Fxp. al. 13 — 

 14 mm. Ifindwings pale grey ; cilia very pale ochreous. Abdomen and Leij.s dull 

 whitish. 



Ti/pe, ^ (dG4^Q5) ; $(96498). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. : ALGEEIA— Ilammam-es-Salahin. Larva Siiaeda vermi- 

 culata, 2.1V, excl. 5.1V-6.V., 28.X.1903 ; 2-10.lV.1904; Biskra 

 3. IV. 1903. Twelve specimens. 



Bred from larvae feeding in an elongate, cylindrical, brownish, 

 or grey, case on Suaeda vermiculatu ; these emerged during April 

 and May, but a single belated specimen was bred on the 28th October, 

 1903. Two specimens were captured in 1904. Most nearly allied to 

 laripamella, Zett. (3904). 



C'To be continued). 



