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vinculella, differs iu the black crown of the head, in the antennae 

 being uniformly blackish above, white beneath, also in its 

 narrower markings. It is quite distinct from vinculella, which 

 has yellowish annulate antennae, and equally so from argentimacu- 

 lella, which has additional spots around the apex and termen, a 

 greyish fuscous head with whiter face and uniformly pale greyish 

 fuscous antennae. 



(G). mensella, n. sp. : distinguished from vinculella by its black 

 head and by not having annulate antenna?. 



(7). pachyceras, n. sp. : differs from vinculella in the structure of 

 the antennae. 



(8). leopoldella, Costa (= oherthuriella, Mill.): a small and distinct 

 species. 



1425 (2). Tinea (Meessia) mensella, sp. n. 

 AntenncB simple ; pale greyish fuscous. Palpi dependent ; whitish cinereous. 

 Head blackish above, face whitish. Thorax blackish, the ends of the tegulee white. 

 Fore-wings blackish ; a small white patch at the base of the dorsum ; a nearly 

 straight oblique white fascia at one-third ; an obliquely placed pair of white 

 marginal spots at two-thirds, and an equally large white costal spot before the apex; 

 cilia brownish fuscous with blackish specklings along their base, the extreme tips of 

 the apical cilia white. Exp. al., 6.5 mm. Hind-wings and cilia brownish fuscous. 

 Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs greyish fuscous, spurs and hind tarsal joints 

 slightly paler. 



^ype, c? (84299), Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. : Corsica, Ajaccio, 7, VI, 1899. A single specimen in good 

 condition taken on the dinner table in the hotel. 



The markings on this species are very clear white and as wide as 

 in vinculella, H.-S., but the wings are somewhat narrower, the head 

 and antennae at once distinguishing it from this species by their 

 different colouring. It approaches much more closely to the single 

 specimen described by Zeller, Lin. Ent., VI, 173—4 (1852)— wrongly 

 identified as vinculella, H.-S. 



1425 (3). Tinea (Meessia) pachtcebas, sp. n. 

 Antenna (1), very stout, slightly flattened ; whitish, with faint brownish grey 

 bands above. Palpi dependent ; whitish. Head dirty whitish, with a scarcely 

 perceptible ochreous tinge above. Thorax greyish brown. Fore-wings brown, with 

 a somewhat bronzy sheen, with white markings ; an oblique fascia at one-third, 

 inclining to be bent outward below the middle, and rather wider towards the dorsum 

 than towards the costa; an elongate, scarcely oblique, white triangular costal streak 

 beyond the middle, reaching downward to about the lower angle of the cell and 

 pointing towards a smaller white dorsal spot ; before the apex is another white 

 costal spot ; cilia brownish, sprinkled along their base with brown ; the markings 



