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the motlis had recently enier^'ed. In 1904 six specimens were bred at 

 Haniniam-es-Salahiu from pale slate-coloured lan^ae -with black head 

 and prouotal plate. 



Netiration FW : 7-8 stalked, 7 to termen — in Borkhausenia Hb. FW : 

 7 runs to costa. 



379. BORKHAUSENIA Hb. 



3355-2. Borkhausenia sbmifuscata, sp. n. 



Aiitcnnac biserrate and miniitely ciliate, with large basal pecten ; pale stone- 

 grey, with faint darker annnlations, the basal joint slightly tinged with ochreous. 

 Palpi stone-grey, somewhat darker externally. Head pale stone-grey. Thorax 

 shining, stone-grey. Forewings shining, stone-grey, with gi-eyish fuscous dusting 

 throughout, more thickly distributed along the costal third and on the outer 

 portion, the paler median area containing three f uscovis spots, one on the middle 

 of the cell, a smaller one below it on the fold (visually a little beyond it), and a 

 third, larger, transversely placed at the end of the cell ; cilia stone-grey, without 

 dividing line. Exp. al. 14-15 mm. Hindwings shining, leaden grey ; cilia stone- 

 grey. Abdomen stone-grey, sometimes with an ochreous tinge. Legs pale stone- 

 grey. 



Type S (97721) ; ? (97722) Mus. Wlsm., British Museum, 

 Hah.: Algeria: Philippeville, 12.V.1904. (Wlsm.). Thirteen speci- 

 mens. 



Most nearly allied to fuscifrontella Cnst., from "which it may be 

 distinguished by its paler head, and by the less uniform obsciu-e colour- 

 ing of the forewings — fuscifrontella showing no contrast between the 

 shade of the costal and median areas. 



3355: 1. Borkenhausenia fuscifrontella Cnst., is distinct from 3355 

 lavandulae Mn., of which ardosieUa Cnst., and pulverisquamis Wlsm., 

 are synonyms [vide Wlsm., Ent. Mo. Mag., XXXVII. 180-1 (1901)]. 



GELECHIADAE. 

 3211. CECIDOPHAGA, gn. n. 



(KTjKL'i = a gall ; (^c^yctv = to devour). 



Type : Cecidophaga tamaricicola "VVlsm. 



Antennae %, simple, slightly serrate towards apex ; basal joint with strong 

 pecten at base. Labial Palpi recurved, median joint somewhat clothed at end ; 

 terminal joint shorter than median, pointed. Maxillary Palpi minute. Hau- 

 stellum moderate. Ocelli absent. Head with appressed scales. Thorax smooth. 

 Forewings with long dorsal cilia, giving a widened appearance, bixt when 

 denuded elongate-lanceolate, acute, gradually tapering from the base ; ncuration 

 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked, to costa, G out of their stalk ; 9 closely approximate 

 to (8-6) ; rest separate ; 1 basally furcate. Hindwings with straight, parallel 



