QQ [February, 1591. 



Fore-wings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to costa, 

 11 from middle of cell. Hind-wings one-third, linear, cilia 7; veins 2—5 separate, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Stathmopoda, from which (as from nearly all genera of 

 the Elachistidce) it is immediately separable by the basal eyecap of the 

 antennae. 



C. ACAEPA, W. sp. 



? . 11 mm. Head, palpi and thorax pale whitish-ochreous. Antennae fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, apical segment black 

 beneath and on sides. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle pair obscurely 

 banded with fuscous. Fore-wings elongate-lanceolate, long-pointed ; pale whitish- 

 ochreous ; some veins in disc and towards costa posteriorly obscurely lined with 

 fuscous: cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Hind- wings grey : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, 

 greyish-tinged. 



Biskra ; one specimen. 



ISCHNOPHANES, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue well developed. Antennaj two-thirds, in 

 (J serrulate, simple, basal joint long, considerably dilated with loose scales. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, slender, smooth-scaled, apex of second 

 joint very slightly projecting beneath, terminal joint rather shorter than second, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Abdomen flattened. Pos- 

 terior tibise clothed with long hairs above. Fore-wings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from 

 angle of cell, 5 absent, 6 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from middle of cell. Hind- 

 wings one-half, linear, costa bent near base, cilia 6 ; cell open between 3 and 7, 4 

 absent, 5 absent, G absent. 



Allied to Batrachedra, but sufficiently distinct by the enlarged 

 basal joint of antennae, and degraded neuration. 



I. MONOCENTRA, W. sp. 



S $. 7-8 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish. Antennae whitish, annulated 

 with dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish. Fore-wings elongate-lanceolate, apex slenderly produced ; pale whitish- 

 ochreous, towards apex very minutely speckled with blackish ; a round black dot in 

 disc at three-fourths, sometimes obsolete : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, finely sprinkled 

 with blackish round apex. Hind-wings whitish-grey : cilia very pale whitish-grey- 

 ochreous. 



Abundant amongst some low herbage on the sand near the river 

 at Biskra, flying freely about sunset on the one calm evening, but not 

 afterwards obtainable. 



Limnoecia phragmitella, Stt. — I saw Typha-ha&As infested with the larva; of this 

 very wide-ranging species (wiiich extends to New Zealand) in the neighbourhood of 

 Setif, but did not take any. 



Elachista argentella, CI. {cgc/nipennella,llh.). — Philippeville and Constantine ; 

 five specimens. In all of these the stalk of veins 6 and 7 of the hind-wings is much 

 shorter relatively than in English specimens ; in the latter it is fully one-half of the 



