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chequering while the extent and number of the black longitudinal 

 lines also varies, but it is always easily recognisable and quite distinct 

 from anything hitherto described. Some varieties approach nehulella, 

 Stgr., while others might almost appear to be white varieties of 

 satelliteUa, Stgr. 



GELECHIADAE. 



297.— METZNERIA, Z. 



2494 : 1. — Metznehia incognita, sp. n. 



Antennae vi\\\i'\»\\ ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous, the median joint suffused 

 externally with dark brownish ochreous. Head and Thorax whitish ochreous. 

 Forewings whitish ochreous, with a straight brownish ochreous streak along the 

 cell, and another parallel to it below the costa, produced beyond the cell and 

 diffused upward to the costa before the apex ; a broad dark brownish ochreous line 

 runs along the termen, and the cilia are almost entirely suffused with brownish 

 ochreous in which there is only a faint indication of a median line ; underside 

 purplish grey, cilia pale ochreous. Exp. al., 16 — 18 mm. Hindwings shining, 

 dark purplish grey ; cilia cupreous. Abdomen and Legs whitish ochreous. 



Type, ? (96478) ; ^ (89710). Mns. Wlsm. 



Hah.: ALGERIA— El-Kantara, G-20.V ; Hammam-es-Salahin, 

 16, V. 1904. Four specimens. 



Closely allied to aspretella, Ld., but distinguished by the brownish 

 ochreous streaks and terminal line, and by the dark hindwings. Tt is 

 nearer to agraphella, Rgt., but has no grey or fuscous scaling along 

 the wing and the cilia of the hindwings are ver}^ much brighter and 

 more ochreous. 



300 : 1.— LEOBATUS, Wlsm. 



(AcwyScfTos, '17. = a highway). 



Type, Leoibatus fagoniae, Wlsm. 



Antennae (f ) subserrate and shortly ciliate beneath ; basal Joint without pecten. 

 Maxillary Palpi short. Labial Palpi long, recurved, terminal joint about the 

 same length as the median, pointed ; median smooth, closely scaled. Haustellum 

 rather roughly scaled towards base. Head and Thorax smooth. Forewings 

 elongate, lanceolate, widest at the middle : neuration 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 

 to costa, 6 out of stalk of 7 + 8; rest separate. Hindwings slightly broader than 

 the forewings, with rounded dorsum and termen, tornus evenly obliterated in their 

 curve, apex slightly protruding, sinuate, but not abruptly excised beneath ; cilia (1) : 

 neuration 8 veins ; 3 and 4 connate ; 5 hardly approximated, almost parallel with 

 4 ; 6 and 7 stalked. Abdomen rather flattened. Legs : hind tibiae profusely 

 clothed. 



