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O. exoleta, I sent them to Capt. Deville, who has kindly named them 

 for me : the first species turning out to he 0* exoleta, and mine 0. 

 perplexa, Muls. Although he says he will not absolutely commit 

 himself to these diagnoses, I have no doubt, from a careful study of 

 the descriptions, that he is correct. 0. exoleta seems to occur chiefly 

 on sandy coasts. Of O. perplexa I took about a dozen specimens in a 

 rabbits' burrow at Streatley, in June, 1906, and also one in a sandpit 

 here last year. In Ganglbauer's " Die Kiifer von Mittel-Europa " O. 

 exoleta is placed (with one other species) in the sub-genus Bceor/lena, 

 Thorns., on account of the great length of the third joint of the maxillary 

 palpi. O. perplexa is not included in Ganglbauer's table, and it, is 

 placed next to O. urnbrata, GylL, and O. sericea, Heer, but the third 

 joint of the palpi (which is not mentioned in his description) seems 

 just as long as in 0. exoleta. The following is a short translation of 

 Ganglbauer's description of O. perplexa. 



Very finely and closely pubescent, slightly shining, reddish-brown, head and 

 middle segments of abdomen dark. Antennae slightly thickened towards apes, 3rd 

 pint somewhat shorter than 2nd, 4th to 10th each a little thicker, 4th and 5th 

 about as long as broad, 6th and 7th slightly transverse. Thorax one-third broader 

 than long, as broad at base as elytra, strongly contracted in front, finely and closely 

 punctured. Elytra somewhat longer than thorax, finely, closely, and somewhat 

 rugosely punctured. Abdomen very finely and closely punctured and pubescent. 

 First joint of hind tarsi as long as the three following. Long., 29 mm. South of 

 France (Hyeres, Collioure), also found by Dr. Eppelsheim in the Palatinate of the 

 Rhine. 



It somewhat resembles O. exoleta in colour and shape, but differs 

 from it in the following respects : it is larger and more shining ; the 

 punctuation is stronger and more diffuse, especially on the elytra ; 

 the antennse are less strongly and more gradually thickened, the 2nd 

 and 3rd joints are much more slender, and the 3rd is longer in pro- 

 portion to the 2nd ; the thorax is more ample ; and the elytra are 

 slightly shorter in proportion to the thorax. 



Bradfield, Berks. : February 7th, 1908. 



SPANISH AND MOORISH MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



[Continued from Vol. XLI, p. 218 (1905)]. 



352 : 1.— ZENOUOCHIUM, pi. n. 



(£evoSoxetov = a place for strangers to lodge in). 



Type, Zenodochium monopetali, Wlsm. 



Antennae [ \, not excavate, bifasciculate (2^), and shortly ciliate ; basal joint 



