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light bronzy. Abdomen dark grey. Legs grey, posterior pair suffused with ochreous- 

 whitish. Fore-wings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 hind-margin oblique, slightly rounded ; ochrcous-bronzy, posteriorly more or less 

 irrorated or wholly suffused witli pale ochreous : cilia light ochreous. Hind-wings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey, base darker. 



Generally common amongst the taller and more sheltered scrub 

 at Philippeville and Bougie. It is nearly related to the described 

 species of the genus, but instantly recognisable by the orange head. 



Tineola biseUieUa, Humm. — one specimen taken at Biskra of what is probably 

 a form of this species, but the face is much browner than usual. 



Nepticula aurella, Stt. — Philippeville ; one beaten from bramble. 



Trifnrcida immundella, Z. — Bougie ; one specimen, somewhat dark, but other- 

 wise not apparently different. 



Acrolepia vesperella, Z. — Philippeville and Bougie ; four specimens. A. gra- 

 nitella, Tr. — several taken at Kharata, and others bred from larvae found mining 

 the leaves of Inula at Bougie. 



Prays oleellus, F. — Philippeville ; one specimen. 



Zelleria phillyrella, Mill. — Philippeville ; one specimen. 



Blastobasis phycldella, Z. — Bougie; two specimens. 



Coleophora fuscicornis, Z. — Constantine ; one amongst low herbage. C.fretella, 

 Zi. — one specimen from Bougie which agrees well with this species, except that the 

 pale discal streaks are extremely faint. 



C. PAETHENICA, n. sp. 



?. 16 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi filiform, untufted, white. An- 

 tenna white, annulated with dark fuscous, basal joint with thick, rather short tuft, 

 stalk thickened above with white scales on basal fourth. Abdomen white, last two 

 segments black at base in middle. Legs ochreous-whitish. Fore-wings elongate- 

 lanceolafce ; ochreous-white : cilia white. Hind-wings greyish-white : cilia ochreous- 

 white. 



Biskra ; one specimen. Probably nearest C. vestalella. 



C. sp. — an indeterminate, uuicolorous, whitish-ochreous species, without tufts 

 of antennfB or palpi, and with grey hind-wings, of which I took one specimen at 

 Biskra. C. sp. — one specimen of a species of the argentula group, from Biskra. 

 Besides these, I found three larvte of a Coleophora feeding on grass at Elkantara, 

 with cases resembling those of C. alcyonipennella ; and another species, with a case 

 somewhat like that of C. phlomidella, feeding in plenty at Biskra on a desert plant 

 whose afSnity I could not conjecture, as it was not in flower ; I unfortunately failed 

 to rear these. 



Caltcobathba, m. g. 



Head smooth, forehead and face with very large, flat, pearly scales ; ocelli ap- 

 parently absent; tongue well developed. Antennae two-thirds, in $ — (?), basal 

 joint dilated to form a large concave eye-cap. Labial palpi long, recurved, slender, 

 smooth-scaled, terminal joint as long as second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 appressed to tongue. Postei-ior tibiae with rough projecting hairs above and beneath. 



