190 [August, 



at the basal thirrl ; cilia whitish ochreoiis, also slightly dusted. F.xp. ah, 7 — 8 mm. 

 Hhidwinpn and cilia shining, pale pearly gvey. Ahdomen and Ze^s whitish ochreoiis. 



Type, ^ (8992S). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hoi.: ALftERTA— El-Kaiitnru, 1S-25.V.1903. Six specimens. 



Interinediate between confuselln, H.-S., and hedemanni, Ebl. 



4571 : 1. — Tinea ntoropluviella, sp. n. 



Antennae |, pale brownish fuscous. Palpi short, slender, dependent ; pale 

 ochreous. Maxillaries folded. Head rough ; bright ochreous Thorax bright 

 ochreous. Forewingx bright oehreous, with a number of coal-black dots scattered 

 about the wing-aurface, these sometimes more or less confluent transversely, but 

 foriiiing no indication of any pattern ; they are evenly distributed and somewhat 

 variable in number in different specimens, a slender series of very minute ones 

 lyiug along the base of the paler ochreous cilia, Exp. al., 8 — 9 mm. Hind- 

 toings (1), shining, greyish white ; cilia white, slightly tinged with ochreous. 

 Abdomen and Lecfs pale ochreous. 



^I/P^, S (97544). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab.: ALGEEIA— Hammam-es-Salahin,8-24.IV.1904. Sixteen 

 specimens. 



Allied to gramtlatella, H.-S. ; a good series taken by smoking an 

 isolated and much dwarfed plant of Betama monosperma on the open 

 desert. 



4593 : 1. — Tinea geratocoma, sp. n. 



Antennae simple ; dark greyish fuscous. Palpi dependent, sparsely bristled ; 

 dark fuscous externally, whitish on their inner sides, except for a fuscous band, 

 occupying the basal two-thirds of the rather flattened, short terminal joint. Maxil- 

 laries folded. Head rough, hoary white. Thorax dark purplish fuscous. Fore- 

 tilings dark purplish fuscous, rather shining, with a few scattered whitish scales from 

 the end of the cell to the middle of the termen ; cilia brownish cinereous, thickly 

 sprinkled with purplish fuscous ; underside uniformly shining, iridescent, bronzy 

 purplish. Fxp. al., 15 mm. Hindivings (f), bronzy towards the base, blending to 

 purplish outward, with some pale lilac scales distributed narrowly along the margins 

 on the outer half of the wing and across the pointed apex. Ahdomen bronzy 

 fuscous. Legs fuscous, with pale cinereous tarsal annulations. 



Type, ^ (97734). Mus. Wlsm. 



/fab.: ALGEEIA— Philippeville, 4.V.1904. Unique. 



This species may be distinguished from haasi, Hbl., by its blacker 

 and more elongate forewings, its somewhat narrower hindwings, its 

 darker antennae, and especially by its lohite, not yellowish, head, only 

 slightly tinged with yellowish on the face. The palpi are compara- 

 tively naked, and white on their inner sides. 



