is9y.] 183 



close up against the base of the lobe, while in others there is an 

 appreciable distance between them. In some forms, again, the 

 thickened rim of the cleft itself is not so strongly developed as in 

 others, and it then appears to be divided into two portions. This last 

 character is probably affected by the age of the individual. 



I cannot consider that any of the above slight differences are of 

 sufficient importance to constitute even sub-species. The several 

 forms are linked together by an unbroken chain of slightly varying 

 individuals. In all the more essential characters they are in perfect 

 agreement. 



Croydon : June 2hth, 1899. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF METZNERIA (= PARASIA) 

 FROM ALGERIA. 



BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S,, &c. 



Metzneria eatoni, sp. n. 



Aiitennce simple ; light oclireous, annulate, except on the basal fourth, with 

 brownish-grey. Palpi stout, recurved, smooth but thickly clothed ; light oclireous. 

 Haustellum long, densely scaled at the base. Head smooth ; light ochreous. Tkorax 

 light brownish-ochreous, with two faintly paler longitudinal streaks. Fore-ioings 

 bluish-white, lined and sprinkled with fuscous ; a short light brownish-ochreous 

 subcostal streak from the base to about one-sixth, another of the same length opposite 

 to it along the dorsum ; a strong oblique ante-terminal streak of the same colour 

 not reaching the margins ; on the disc before the middle is a short dark fuscous 

 streak accompanied by a few ochreous scales, a shorter streak occurring below it on 

 the fold, also touched with ochreous ; beneath and before this are two smaller streaks 

 below the fold ; the sprinkling of fuscous scales, evenly distributed between these 

 streaks and the remainder of the wing, has a tendency to break into oblique patches 

 along the outer fourth of the costa and on the basal half of the white terminal 

 cilia, which are tipped with pale ochreous. Exf. al., 14 — 15 mm. Sind-ioings 

 deeply incised below the pointed apex ; rosy-grey, the long cilia pale ochreous along 

 their base, fading outwai'dly to yellowish-white. Ahdomen bro\ynish-cinereous. 

 Legs white. 



Type S (5S5S), Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : Spain— Malaga (one specimen, Coll. Ragonot, No. 1141, 

 Wlsm., 1894 : Mus. Paris). Algeria— Biskra, 21— 28. V. 1894 (two 

 specimens, Eatoii) 



I am indebted to the Rev. A. E. Eaton for a large collection of 

 Algerian Micro-Lepidoptera, including this distinct new species. 



Merton Hall, Thetford : 

 July 20th, 1899. 



