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that colour on the cell. The hindwings are also somewhat paler. 

 From nifj/romaculella it may be separated by its markings being less 

 intensely black, and less produced across the wing towards the dor- 

 sum, and from both species it can be separated by its much smaller 

 size. 



OECOPHOEIDAE. 



369.— DEPEESSARIA, Hw. 



^= SiGANOROsrs, Wlgrn. (Forewings with 2 and 3 separate). 

 3297 : 1. — Depressaria cuprinella, sp. n. 



Antennae greyish fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous, tending to form two darker 

 transverse bands on the hirsute median joint, the terminal joint also darkened at 

 the base. Head and Thorax pale ochreous, the latter clouded anteriorly with 

 fuscous, and with a fuscous spot behind. Forewings rather narrow, pale cinereous, 

 varying to very pale ochreous, clouded irregularly with greyish fuscous ; below 

 the fold a fuscous patch is diffused and dilated outward, with sometimes a small 

 spot at the base of the costa above it ; in the costal shading three fuscous spots 

 are faintly indicated, one before, one at, and one beyond the middle; these are 

 more or less connected, the first two with outwardly oblique shade-bands, in- 

 cluding such indication of the discal spots as can be seen in the more or less general 

 suffusion ; the outer costal spot is scarcely separated from a broader, outwardly an- 

 gulate shade-band, more or less separated from the apical and terminal shading 

 preceding the pale cinereous cilia, which are sprinkled, or suffused, with greyish 

 fuscous. Exp. al. 16 — 18 mm. nindwingn rather shining, pale greyish cinereous ; 

 cilia pale cinereous, with a slight brownish tinge. Abdomen brovvnisli cinereous. 

 Legs pale brownish cinereous. 



Type, ^ (SG859) ; ? (8G800). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : SPAIN — Malaga — El-Chorro, 5.1.1901 : Sevilla — 

 Coria-del-Rio, 10.XII.1900; Alcalar, 12.XIT.1900: Cadiz— Chiclana, 

 25.II.190l. MOROCCO— Tangier, 13.IV.190l, 14.IV- 18.V.1902. 

 Twenty-three specimens. 



In some varieties the paler portions of the wing develop a dis- 

 tinctly reddish suffusion, especially towards the base of the costa, and 

 this is also noticeable on the head and anterior portion of the thorax, 

 also on the bands of the anterior tarsi. In the darker varieties the 

 subfasciate appearance is obliterated in the general suffusion. 



I have fourteen specimens from Coria-del-Rio (near Seville), 

 three from Chiclana, two from Alcalar (also near Seville), one from 

 El-Chorro (near Malaga), and three from Tangier, all of which appear 

 to belong undoubtedly to the same species. 



The only specimens in my collection, not taken by myself, which 

 can reasonably be compared with euprinella, and which may possibly 



