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2. Nasocoeis ephedkje, sp. n. 



Capite, pronoto scutelloque fuscis, fronte clypeoque albido-fiaven- 

 tibus, ilia utrinque fusceseenti-Iineata ; capite pronotoque pilis intri- 

 catis argenteis vestitis, his pilis pronoti vittas tree longitudinales 

 formantibus ; articulo primo antennarum ferrugineo, latitudiui capitis 

 inter apices oculorum aeque longo, crasso, dense et longe plumbeo- 

 nigro-piloso, articulis reliquis gracilibus, albidis, tertio secundo dis- 

 tincte paullo longiore, quarto prime aeque longo ; capite fortiter 

 nutante, clypeo fortiter proininente, uiargine antice setulis clavatis 

 pi umbel's dense instructo ; pronoto basi longitudiue circiter duplo 

 latiore, apice basi fere duplo angustiore ; bemielytris stramineis 

 vel interdum levissime in fuscescens vergentibus, brevitcr sat dense 

 minus teuuiter aureo-pubeseentibus, membrana sat obscure fumata, 

 venis obscurioribus ; femoribus t'uscescentibus, tibiis et tarsis albidis, 

 i 1 lis albo-spiuulosis et subtiliter fusco-punctatis, anticis albo-pilosis. 



Long., <J, 3|,- ?, 3^ mm. 



Found at Albarraein on Ephedra nebrodensis. 



A speciebus duabus adhuc cognitis tibiis fusco-punctatis mox dis- 

 tinguendus, a N. argyrotricho, Kent, (e Kossia meridionali et Turkes- 

 tan) colore paullo obscuriore, antennarum articulo primo obscurius 

 pilose, tertio secundo distincte paullo longiore, clypeo paullo minus 

 proininente, pubescentia hemielytrorum breviore sed minus tenui, 

 aurea, femoribus fuscescentibus ; a N~. platycarcnoide, Mont, (ex 

 Algeria), statura minore, colore obscuriore, capite magis declivi, pro- 

 noto fortius transverso, bemielytris aureo-pubescentibus,etc.,divergens. 

 Helsingfors : March, 1902. 



A NEW GENUS OF GELECHIADJE. 

 I3T E. MEYBICK, B.A., F.Z S. 



Whilst working out the Gelechiadce of Australia, 1 came to the 

 conclusion that a new genus should be founded for the following 

 cosmopolitan species ; and my friend Mr. A. Busck, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, who agrees that the genus is valid, 

 has courteously requested me to publish it at once, as he wishes to 

 adopt it in a forthcoming paper of his own. 



PHTHOEIM.EA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antennae -?-, in $ filiform, simple, basal 

 joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint expanded 



