234 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDuPrEEA. 



Limnoecia tyriarcha, n. sp. 

 $. Ilium. Head Hhiuiug brassy-nietallic. ral[)i oratige- 

 ocliroous, anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. Aiileiina3 

 blackish, apical third white. Thorax deep bronzy - pnrple. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex 

 produced, acute ; bright deep purple, with blue and coppery 

 reflections ; a triangular ochreous-yellow spot on dorsum before 

 middle, reaching half across wing, surmounted by a w^hite dot ; a 

 small white (ransverso mark from middle of costa, becoming pale 

 ochreous beneath : cilia coppery-purple, towards tornus dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscoun. 



KuMAON, Bhiin Tal, 5000-6000 feet, :May (JlcuviveU) ; one 

 specimen. 



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HYPONOMEUTID.E. 



Argyresthia nympliocoma, n. sp. 



c? . 9 mm. Head, thorax white. AntenuLe white ringed fuscous, 

 basal joint considerably expanded with scales. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, a])ex tolerably pointed, ternien very 

 obliquely rounded ; 4 apparently absent, 7 and 8 separate ; shining 

 white, with faint purplish tinge; markings shining golden-bronze ; 

 a narrow slightly oblique fascia at |, extended along costa to base; 

 a Y-shaped slightly postmedian fascia ; a fine striga runiiing from 

 posterior edge of this above middle to dorsum before tornus ; a 

 Y-shaped striga beyond this, followed by rather inwards-oblique 

 opposite striguhe from margins before apex, each marked in middle 

 with a small dot of black scales; a small fine curvilinear black 

 apical mark: cilia pale grey, base mixed Avhite. Hindwings and 

 cilia light grey. 



Ontario, Muskoka Lake, August (Parish); one specimen. Most 

 like anncttdla. 



Prays endocarpa, n. sp. 



S . 9 mm. Head, palpi greyish-ochreous. Thorax greyish- 

 ochreous sprinkled fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, terracn obliquely rounded ; light 

 greyish-ochreous, more or less irrorated fuscous : cilia light greyish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Java, bred from Citrus fruits in January (Dr. K. W. Dammcr- 

 maii); two specimens. Type in British Museum. Examples in 

 indifferetit condition, but broader-winged and more uuiformly 

 coloured than allied species. 



GELECHIAD^. 



Phthorimaea axenopis, n. sp. 

 I propose this name for the North American artemisielJa Kearf., 

 described as a (! aorimosclwma (Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. xi. 160), 

 but referable to P/ithorimaa, and preoccupied in the genus by the 

 European artemisiella Tr. 



