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This species has been (.■onfusetl with Salehria fitsca Hw. ( = car- 

 bonarlella FK.), which it much resembles, but the tei-meu of the 

 forewiugs is more oblique, and veins 4-5 are stalked. The hind- 

 wings of Salehria fiii<ca are conspicuously broader than those of 

 Myelins neophanes, and the antennae of neophanes are simple in both 

 sexes, while the (^ of fusca has a siniiation above the base, filled with 

 dense projecting scales. Mr. Bankes first met with this species on 

 August 1st, 1902, and made the following note: " Hanbury and I 

 worked Nordeu Heath from 5-7 p.m., and took .... P. carbonariella 

 (common on dead furze stems burnt last year; some ? ? still very 

 fine)" — there are six specimens dated 1.VIIL1902 in the Bankes 

 Collection ; on August 6th other captures are noted thus : " P. car- 

 bonariella (only tw'o good ones) " — one specimen is still in the 

 collection. The species was taken again in the same locality in 1903, 

 and the following note made on June 24th : " 6.45-8.45 p.m., on the 

 heath .... took a few Ph. carhonariella (one, a (^ , was taken on wing 

 in sunshine at 7 p.m. far away from any burnt furze; the rest among 

 the burnt furze sticks) "—only two specimens are now in the collec- 

 tion with this date. Myehris nenphanes wslh next met within Surrey, 

 at Witley Common, on July 27th, 1912, by Mr. E. CI. E. Waters, who 

 beat a single specimen from a burnt pine. The August records for 

 this insect are probably exceptional, for Mr. Bankes made a general note 

 on dates for the year : " 1902 will be about as memorable for record 

 late appearances of Lepidoptera as 1913 is for record early ones." 



British Musevim (Natural History) : 

 September 2'3rd, 1915. 



MYELOIS PHOENICIS, sp. n., BRED FROM DATES IN ALGERIA AND 



IN ENGLAND. (LEP. PYRAL). 



BY JOHN HARTLEY DUREANT, F.E.S. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museam.) 



PHYCITIDAE. 



125. Myelois Hb. 



774*1. Myelois plwenicis, sp. n. 



Antennae, Palpi, Head, and Thorax chalky whitish. Forewings rather 

 narrow, veins 4-5 stalked; chalky whitish, sparsely sprinkled with gxeyish 

 scales which are somewhat concentrated to form an obscure first line, outwardly 



