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MADEIEAN TINEINA (LEPIDOPTERA). 

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



OLETHREUTIDAE. 



EUCOSMA Hb. 

 2129-0. Eucosma sp. ? {neur tetraqKetmna'Kw.). 



Stegano'ptyclta sp. Wlsiu. Tr. Eiit. Soc. Loncl. 1894. 537, 541 sp. 15 



(1894) 1. 



Type ^ (18576) Mus. Wlsm., B.M.* 



Hah.: Madeiras — Madeira: {Wollaston) '^. 



The single specimen on wliicli this record was founded, a ^ in poor 



condition, with costal fold, should be referred to Eucosma. 



HEMEROPHILIDAE. 



HEMEEOPHILA Hb. 

 23181. Hemerophila threnodes, sp. n. 



Antennae black, fading to dai'k chestnut-brown, with white anniilations, 

 more pronovmced towards the base. Palpi uj^turned as high as the crown of 

 the head, stout, moderately smooth ; blackish, profusely speckled with hoary 

 whitish. Head and Thorax dark chestnut-brown, profusely dusted with hoary 

 whitish scales. Forewings dark chestnut-brown, speckled with bluish white 

 scales which cease, partially or entirely on two outwardly bent transverse bands 

 of the dark gi-ound-colour, one before, and the other scarcely beyond the middle, 

 and entirely on a terminal band of the same which is widened across the apex 

 to tlie costa, and attenuated to the tornus ; small irregiihxr streaks of diill 

 white occur along the outer edge of the postmedian dark band, an oixtwardly 

 oblique one on the costa being alone conspicuous — these show also on the under 

 side ; there are also some similar white scales on the costa, scarcely befoi-e the 

 middle ; cilia dark chestnut-brown. Ewp. al. 15 mm. Hindwings dark umber- 

 brown, with a curved streak of whitish speckling from the end of the cell to 

 the fiexus ; cilia brown, slightly tipped with whitish on the termen. Abdomen 

 dark chestnut-brown, with transverse lines of whitish speckling at the junctions 

 of the segments. Legs brown, speckled Avith white ; the tarsi conspicuously 

 banded with ivory-white. 



Type ? (62296) Mus. Wlsni., B.M. 



Hah.: Madeiras — Madeira: V.1886 (J. H. Leech). Unique. 



* The Walsingham Collections were transferred to the British Museum, April 1st, 1910. — 



Jno. Hartley Dueeant. 



