19 [.];iimiiry, 



paper on the European 'PxjraVuUna in the current issue of the Trans- 

 actions of the Entomological Society of London ; and the same caution 

 applies to the other genera of Pyrales (including Pterophoridce) here 

 quoted. 



Scoparia aiigiisfea, Stph. — comtnon on tree trunks at Pbilippeville. This is a 

 characteristically southern species, which is probably enabled to live in England 

 only by the comparative mildness of our insular climate in winter. 



Dupoyicheliafocealis, 7i. — Biskra; several specimens. 



Synaphe armeniaJis, Ld. (?) — I took at Biskra a worn ? specimen which agrees 

 well enough with this species, but it is not sufficiently good to identify certainly. 



Mnesixena leonalis, Oberth. — Biskra ; two specimens. I had not previously seen 

 this insect, and can now affirm that it is a true Mnesixena, and not a Pyralis 

 (Stemmatophora), as referred by Oberthiir. 



Euzophera sp. (?) — a single specimen taken at Biskra, very closely resembling 

 E. pinguii, but it can hardly be that species. E. oblitella, Zi. (?) — one specimen at 

 light, Biskra, which is apparently truly referable to this species, but it differs some- 

 what from my French specimens. 



Euchromius supei-hellus, Z. — Biskra ; one specimen. 

 Trichoptilus siceliota, Z. — one specimen at Philippeville. 

 Ptekophoeus peobolias, n. sp. 



$. 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged ; entire 

 face projecting to form a strong rounded prominence, equalling two-thirds of eye. 

 Antennae whitish. Abdomen yellowish-whitish above, more yellowish beneath. 

 Legs white, anterior and middle pairs longitudinally striated with black, less dis- 

 tinctly on tarsi. Foi-e-wings cleft to middle, segments linear ; veins 2 and 11 present ; 

 whitish-ochreous ; costal edge white towards base ; a very fine dark fuscous costal 

 streak from about one-third to three-fourths, anteriorly mixed with white scales, pos- 

 teriorly becoming somewhat broader but less defined ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with 

 terminal half dark fuscous on posterior half of lower margin of first segment, and 

 of both margins of second segment. Hind-wings cleft firstly to before two-thirds, 

 secondly to five-sixths, segments linear ; pale grey ; cilia grey-whitish, faintly 

 ochreous-tinged. 



Elkantara ; one specimen. Allied to P. xanthodacfyhts, with 

 which it agrees in neuration, but differing in marking, and specially 

 characterized by the peculiar strong projection of the face. Ptero- 

 plwrus, as defined in my paper quoted above, is the genus hitherto 

 u.sually called Aciptilia. 



Penthina ohlongana, Hw.--Philippeville ; one large specimen. 



Eudemis hotrana, Schiff. — Philippeville ; one specimen. 



EUDEMIS ISOCHROA, n. sp. 



^. 12 mm. Head white, sides of crown slightly ferruginous-tinged. Palpi 

 pale ferruginous sprinkled with black, internally and on apex of second joint white. 

 Aiitennse blackish, ciliations 1. Tliorax yellow-ochreous, on back mixed with whitish. 



