1907.] 149 



1003, 1.1V.190I. (Wlsm.) ■ Hammam-es-Salahin, 11.111— 10.IV.1904, 

 Larva, Oymnocarpon frnticosum, 17.1V, excl. 28.1V. 1901 {Wlmn.). 

 Nine specimens. 



A single specimen was bred from a larva found feeding on leaves 

 of GijDinocarpon frulicosuin at Ilammam-ew-Salahin on A|)ril 17tli, 

 1904, The case is short, cylindrical, and thicddy covered with minute 

 grains of sand ; the mouth is slightly oblique, the op|)osite end being 

 ])ii)ch(>d up in a triangular form, which is however concealed by the 

 sand-grains. The only bred specimen emerged on April 2Sth ; it is a 

 small, obscure species, and the cases are very difficult to observe. 



ERETMOCERA, Z. 



3403 : 1.— ErKTMOCERA. MICROBAnBA.RA, sp . n. 

 Antennae fuscous. Palpi dirty nliitish. Head fuscous. Thorax bronzy 

 brownish fuscous. Forewinga brownish fuscous, sprinkled and mottled with pale 

 groyisli ochreous, which lias a tendency to form an irregular fascia before the middle 

 and an oblique transverse band before the apex, more distinctly visible on the costa 

 than below it ; a few long greyish ochreous scales project into the brownish fuscous 

 cilia, but the amount of such scaling there and on the wing-surface is variable. 

 Exp. nl., 10 mm. Hindioings slightly paler than the forewings, pale brownish 

 fuscous, witJi darker brownish fuscous cilia. Abdomen pinkish ochreous, slightly 

 shaded with fuscous ; the anal tuft blackish. Ze^^,? blackish, with white annulations. 



Type, S (8323). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah.: ALGERJA-Biskra, "borders of Oued Biskra, in the 

 neighbourhood of railway kilometre 199. Beaten from flowers of 

 TaviarLv brachi/sfj/Iis, 10-11.30 a.m.," 9.V.1895 {Eaton); "by the 

 Route de Tourgout, opposite the Jardin Laudon, on Ammi visnaga^^ 

 15.V.1897 {Eaton) ; " by the Aqueduct, near Fort St. Germaine and 

 the brick-kiln, on Ammi visna//n umbels. Common," 19. V. 1897 {Eaton). 

 Seven specimens. 



A much smaller species than onedinella, Stgr., which is its only- 

 near ally in the genus. It may be distinguished by its more ochreous, 

 less reddish abdomen, and by the somewhat less distinct pale mark- 

 ings on the forewings, but the general colouring is extremely similar. 



3103 : 2. — EllETMOCEKA NOMADICA, sp. 11. 

 Antennae black. Palpi lead-grey, with blackish scales along the terminal joint 

 beneath. Head bronzy brownish, with a few reddish scales round the neck. Thorax 

 black, sprinkled with brown-grey scales. Foreioings hlixck, sprinkled with brown - 

 grey scales, a pale pinkish ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths from the 

 base ; cilia brownish grey : underside shining, rosy grey, the rosy tinge more 

 especially visible along the costa ; cilia dark brownish grey, contrasting strongly 

 with the pale, shining, wing-surface. Exp. al., 12 mm. Hindioings shining, 



