September, 1907.] 193 



in the more flistinctly rounded costa. in tbe comparative absence of 

 terminal marking^, and in the strong plical spot at half the wing- 

 length. 



The only specimen I met with myself was taken on January 18th, 

 two others being given to me by my hostess Madame Courteaux who 

 had collected them in October, 1903. It is probably an autumnal 

 species, and certainly very rare at other times. 



4GG.- TINEA, L. 

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



Antennae pale ochreoiis, witli slender fuscous bars above. Palpi dependent, 

 sparsely Iiristled, slender; jiale ochreous, with a fuscous band around tlie terminal 

 joint. MaxiUaries folded. Head pale ochreous, a few rust-brown scales between 

 the antennae. Thorax pale ochreous, with sli<^lit fuscous speckling. Forewings 

 narrow, elongate, with obtusely depressed apex ; pale ochreous, speckled with smoky 

 fuscous scales, which tend lo form four small groups along the outer half of the 

 costa, and another at the apex, while before the middle of the wing they are aggre- 

 gated in closely packed transverse striae from costa to lower edge of cell; a few of 

 these smoky scales are also visible around the apex on the underside of the wing ; 

 there is a slight rust-brown shade along the fold. Exp. al. Vi — 13 mm. Hindwings 

 pale creamy ochreous ; cilia creamy wliilish. Abdomen ochreous, shaded with 

 fawn-brown above. Legs pale ochreous, the tarsi faintly banded with brown 

 dusting. 



Type, S (97321) ; ? (97323). Mus. Wlsm. 



Ilnb : ALGERIA— Hammam-es-Salahin, 10-30.III.1907. Three 



specimens. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



TORTRICODES, Gn. 

 = § OpORINIA, Hb. ; = *CHEI3IAT0PHILA, HS. (nee. Steph ) ; 

 D. syn. = OxYPTERON, Stgr. 



Type 1. Tinea tortricella, Hb. (Stph.). 

 § Oporinia, Hb. Verz. Schm. 387 (1826). 



Invalid through homonymy with Oporinia, Hb. "Verz. 321-2 

 (ante 182G) Lep. 



ToRTRicODES, Gn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. XIV (2.S.1II : 1845). 305 

 (1845) : Ind. Meth. 07 (1845) ; Stph. List Br. An. B.M. X. Lp. 

 69-70 (1852). 



*Cheimatophila, H8. (nee. Stph.); Ldr. ; Hum.; Stgr-VVk. ; 

 Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 93, No. 231 (1901). 



The type of Cheimatophila, Stph. is mixtnna, lib. ; the usage of 

 this geneonym by Hcrrich-Schaffer and others is therefore erroneous. 



