1904.] 271 



'J'ype^ $ (96542). Mus. Wlsrn. 



Rah.: ALGElilA— Biskra, 23-31.III.1903 ; Hammam-es-Sala- 

 hiii, 5— 7.1V, L4.V.1903, 10— 25.IV.190i. Thirty-four specimens. 

 Auother rather obscure species but quite distinct. 



3021 : 2. — Eekmica lithocheoma, sp. n. 



Antennae pale stone-ochreous. Palpi cinereous. Head and Thorax pale stone- 

 oclircous. Forewings unicolorous pale stone-ochreous, a few scattered brown scales 

 towards the a))ex and a minute spot of darker brown at the lower angle of the cell; 

 cilia pale stone-ochreous. Exp. al., 10 — 11 mm. Hindiolngs pale grey; cilia very 

 pale brownish ochreous. Abdomen brownish fuscous. Legs pale stone-ochreous. 



Type, S (96532). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hub. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 21.11.— 9.1V. 1903 ; Hammam-es- 

 Salahiu, 11.111.— 4.1 V. 1904. Thirty-eight specimens. 



This species can be at once distinguished from saharae by its 

 pale hindwings. 



In the specimens examined of this species 2 and 3 of the fore- 

 wings are stalked, 2 becoming subobsolete outwardly, vein 4 approxi- 

 mated but not actually connate with 2+3. 



348 : 2.-AP0TISTATUS, pi. n. 



('aTTOTto-TaTos = not a drinker). 



Type, cJ, Apotistatus leucostictus, Wlsm. 



Antennae (|) simple, basal joint without pecten. Ocelli and Maxillary Palpi 

 absent. Labial Palpi short, porrect, median joint rather densely clothed below ; 

 terminal joint shorter than the median, smooth, obtuse. Haustellum absent. Head 

 somewhat densely clothed. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, with parallel 

 margins, apex obtusely rounded : Neuration 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked, 6 out of 

 tlieir stem, 7 to costa ; rest separate, about equidistant ; 1 furcate at base ; media 

 obsolete. Hindwingn (1) costa straight, dorsum evenly rounded, apex obtuse but 

 not depressed, tcrmen not sinuate; cilia (1) : Neuration 8 veins; 3 and -i connate; 

 6 and 7 stalked ; 5 somewhat approximate to 4 towards base ; media and discoidal 

 above 5 subobsolete ; radius not connected to 8. Abdomen moderate. Legs, hind' 

 tibiae hairy, spurs short. 



Allied to Si/mmoca, Hb., and Apatema, Wlsm. 



3021 : 3. — Apotistatus leucostictus, Wlsm. 



Antennae whitish, barred above at the base and suffused beyond it with pale 

 brownish ochreous. Palpi white, speckled with pale brownish ochreous. Head 

 and Thorax pale brownish ochreous, witli some white speckling ; face white. Fore- 

 loings pale brownish ochreous, spangled with white, the wliite spangles evenly 

 distributed over the wing, forming a marginal line around the termen and 



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