298 EXOTIC MTCROLKPIDOPTETIA. 



i/ Gracilaria aeolastis, n. sp. 



c?, 11 rara. He.ad, thorax violet-ochreons-grey, face shining 

 ■wliiMsh. Palpi white, a dark gfoy suljapical ring on terminal joint. 

 Abdomen dark grey, beneath brassj'-whitish, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings very narrow, parallel-sided, short-pointed ; 

 yellowish, with purple reflections except along costa from | to near 

 apex, finely strigulated dark grey, towards apex more purplish- 

 suffused and more closely strigulated : cilia grey. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia grey. 



EiiAZiL, Parintins, October (ParisJi) ; two specimens. 



GELECHIAD.^. 



Platyedra cruenta, n. sp. 



cf . 15 mm. Ilead whitish-ochreous suffused fuscous on crown 

 and sides of face, sidetufts suffused light crimson. Palpi second 

 joint strongly rough-scaled beneath, fuscous mixed dark fuscous, 

 apex tinged rosj', terminal joint half second, whitish-ochreous, basal 

 half suffused fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior margin 

 suffused fuscous tinged pink. Abdomen pale grey, segmental 

 margins ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 

 light brownish, towards base faintly rosy-tinged, in disc somewhat 

 mixed whitish-ochreous ; undefined rather dark fuscous suffusion 

 forming a basal patch, a streak along costa, oblique streaks from 

 this to disc before and beyond middle indicating stigmata, a rather 

 broad angulated subterminal fascia, and narrow terminal fascia 

 almost confluent with it : cilia grey, tips whitish-tinged. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; cilia grey- whitish, 



Palkstine, Haifa, December (Cajyt. P. J. Barraud) •, one speci- 

 men. Type in British Museum. Very like yossypiella, but easily 

 separated by the characteristic palpi, and rosy tufts of crown. The 

 perfectly preserved basal pecten of antennae (the special featui'e of 

 the genus) is composed of sparse but unusually long hairscales. 



MOLOPOSTOLA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |, in S simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense 

 appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, thickened with 

 ap[)resscd scales, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae, clothed with rough scales 

 above. Forewings 2 from |, 3 from before angle, 4 and 5 stalked 

 from ani^le, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 

 rounded-trapezoidal, termen hardly sinuate, cilia I ; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 connate. 



A development of Compsolechia. 



