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referred to Ajwdia, Hein. Staudinger and Eebel, Cat. Lp. Pal. II 

 2519 (1901), erroneously include in the synonymy of Bryotropha 

 politeUa, Stn. " ? Bamonella, Mill. Cat., rais. p. 328," these species 

 are not even congeneric. Milliere records helotella from Cannes, on 

 Peyerimhoff's authority, but does not appear to have been acquainted 

 with helotella, Stgr., himself, since he re-described it on the preceding 

 page as damonella, sp. n. I have seen the type of algeriella, Bkr., 

 this is certainly the same as damonella, Mill. 



2900 : 1. — Apodia semikivoka, sp. n. 



Antenna pale cinereous, faintly annulate -with brownish fuscous. Pafpi pale 

 cinereous, suffused with brownish fuscous externally, except at the apex of the 

 median joint. Mead pale cinereous, thickly dusted above with brownish fuscous. 

 Thorax pale brownish cinereous, thickly sprinkled with fuscous. Fore-wings pale 

 brownish cinereous, thickly sprinkled with fuscous, the base more suffused than 

 the outer half on which the sprinkling is more Tisible, spreading over the pale 

 cinereous cilia, in which it tends to form three parallel sinuate dividing lines con- 

 verging to the apex ; three small fuscous dots are faintly indicated, one on the cell 

 very faint, one slightly stronger in the fold preceding it, and one at the end of the 

 cell. Exp. al. 14 mm. Hind-wings grey ; cilia brownish cinereous. Abdomen 

 brownish fuscous. Legs cinereous, sprinkled with fuscous externally. 



Type, S (87668) ; Larva (87671) Mus. Wlsm. 



Rah. : SPAIX— Cadiz— Chiclana. Larva in dry seed-heads of 

 Asteriscus maritimus, 23.XII.1901, excl. 19.IV. 1902 ; 20. lY. 1902. 

 MOEOCCO— Tangier, 8.Y.1902. Three specimens. 



A very inconspicuous species, apparently difficult to breed, as I 

 have succeeded in obtaining only two specimens from more than a 

 hundred larvae collected in early spring at Chiclana, 1901-2, several 

 specimens had evidently died through the thick leathery calyx hinder- 

 ing their egress by contraction. I found larvae also at Tangier, but 

 failed to rear them ; I, however, took a worn specimen on May 8th. 

 It is quite distinct from the allied species {asterisci), which feeds in 

 the dry seed-heads of Asteriscus mauretanicns, appearing to be con- 

 fined to Asteriscus maritimus. The larva is yellowish white, with a pale 

 brown head, devoid of colour on the thoracic and anal plates. It 

 feeds at the base of the old seed-heads, and burrows for a short dis- 

 tance down the stem, apparently when preparing to pupate. The 

 larva was extremely common near the salt-marshes at Chiclana, where 

 a large patch of the somewhat local food-plant occurred. 



2900 : 2. — Apodia asteeisci, sp. n. 

 AntenncB pale brownish cinereous, faintly annulate with fuscous. Falpi pale 

 brownish cinereous, the median joint shaded externally with fuscous nearly to its 



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