184 [July. 1303. 



[found ill room at Biskra., 23. III. 1S95— probably bred from pupa 

 (8311) of larva mining stems of Ferida communis on M'cid (Con- 

 stantine), X— XI, 1894 (Eaton)']. Four specimens. 



A very distinct species, of which the nearest allies are deaurana, 

 Peyr., and J'erruf/ in ea, Wlsm., but in both of these the markings are 

 less oblique and less obliterated, moreover, they reach the costa. The 

 hind-wings are also darker, and the two species are of somewhat 

 larger size. 



I received this first from the Kev. A. E. Eaton, who believed that 

 a specimen found in his room at Biskra, 23. III. 1895, had emerged 

 from an empty pupa of larva; mining stems of Ferula communis col- 

 lected at Constantine. 1 have now bred three specimens from larvae 

 feeding in old stems of Thapsia sp. at Tangier. 



1688. Phalonia mobibundana, Stgr. 

 n. syn. = 1759. respirantana, Stgr. 

 Cochylis morilmndana, Stgr., Stett. Ent. Ztg. XX. 230. (1859)' ; Hor. Soc. 

 Ent. Ross. XV. 244 — 6. (1879)-. Cochyli.s respirantana, Stgr. Hor. See. Ent. Ross. 

 XV. 246. (1879)^ ; Rag. Ent. Mo. Mag. XVII. 232. (1881)*. Conchylis respiran- 

 <aM«, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. LXIII. (1894). 191 (1894)5; Sbld. Deutsche Ent. 

 Zts. Iris XI. 304. (1898)6; Stgr. and Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 1688. (1901)'. 

 Conchylis moribundana, Stgr. and Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 1759. (19U1)*. 



Ilab.: A8IA MINOR 7, «_ siy^S, Amasia, 10-2L.V•^VP, 

 8. VIP ; KHUDAVENDlKlAli — Brussa ^. TUKKEY - Mace- 

 donia 2. 8. AUSTRIA— Dalmatia 2. «. PORTU(fAL «-Silves, 16. V K 

 SPAIN (Andulasia ^'^) ; Cadiz— Algeciras, 4.III.1901 ; Chiclana, 

 28.11.1901, Larva — Phlomis imrpurca, II, excl. 5. III. 1901 ; Granada — 

 Granada, 6-16.V1. 1901 ; Malaga— Malaga, 6.III.1858 1 ; 2H.I.— 

 18. IJ, 15-27.111, 30.IV.— 1.V.1901, Larva in seeds Fhlomis purpurea 

 I. excl. 28.II.--24.III.1901. 



This species was originally described from a single specimen 

 found at Malaga. I found the larvre very commonly there, and also 

 at Chiclana feeding on the seeds of Fhlomis purpurea, and took the 

 species on the wing at both places. 



Specimens answering to the description of respirantana are by uo 

 means uncommon in my very extended series, and undoubtedly con- 

 firm the suspicions entertained by Staudinger that respirantana is a 

 mere variety of morihundnna. 



1758 : 1. PUALONIA LOXOPEBOIDES, Sp. 11. 



AxteiincB pale yellowish ochrcous, brownish at the base. Palpi whitish ochreous. 

 Head and Thorax pale straw-yellowish. Fore-ioings pale straw-yellowish, with 



