498 EXOTIC MICROLEnnOPTERA. 



some terminal blackish dots : cilia palo yellowish barred deep 

 iiidigo-bluo. Hindwings whitish on basal half, shading into 

 orange-yollow on apical half; scattered small blackish spots on 

 basal f, a series of about five variable black spots near termen, 

 several irregularly placed s])ots before these on lower half of Aving, 

 and a small spot on costa towards apex ; cilia yellow-orange, seven 

 small black spots. 



CuiNA, Tse-chuan ; 1 ex, (Coll. Joannis). 



Cnephasia tofina, n. sp. 



(^.19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuscous irrorated whitish. 

 Antenual ciliations g. Forewings somewhat dilated, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique ; fuscous speckled whitish, irregular 

 suffused whitish irroration especially in disc and towards termen ; 

 some scattered blackish scales tending to form slight strigulae, 

 especially in disc and towards dorsum : cilia fuscous speckled 

 whitish. Hindwings grey, darker towards termen ; cilia whitish- 

 grey, a grey subbasal shade. Uncus as in pumicana ; valva 

 (compared with Kennel's figure oi ^mmicana) broader on basal half, 

 up])er edge straight. 



Palestine, Nazareth, April {Barraud) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



Pternozyga argodoxa, n. sp. 



cT . 14 mm. Head, palpi pale ochreous. Thorax brown, patagia 

 pale ochreous, crest ferruginous, edged white anteriorly. Fore- 

 wings suboblong, rather narrowed anteriorly, costa genlly arched, 

 apex obtuse-])ointed, termen sinuate, bowed beneath, little oblique ; 

 '3 and 4 connate, 9 out of 7 near base; coppery -brown ; a small 

 undefined basal patch darker-suffused, mixed leaden-metallic ; a 

 suboblong white blotch on costa before middle, whence two indis- 

 tinct irregular angulated lines of submetallic whitish-purple suffu- 

 sion run to dorsum ; dorsal scale-projection ferrnginous ; an 

 obliijue whitish wedgeshaped mark enclosing a dark costal dot 

 from costa at f ; some irregular purplish-metallic dots along 

 rcT'men : cilia rather dark grey. Hindwings pale greyish-ochreous 

 with very faint greyish striguloe, towards apex and upper part 

 of termen more suffusedly strigulated grey ; cilia whitish -grey- 

 ochreous. 



8. Inbta (probably Madras region) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Joannis). 



CAN C ANODES, n. g. 



Antennae J ciliated. Palpi moderately porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled above and beneath, terminal joint short, obtuse. 

 Forewings with small tufts of scales ; 2 from |, 3 from angle, 7 to 

 termen. Hindwings without cubital pecten ; 2 and 3 approximated 

 from angle, 3-6 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 approximated at base. 



Allied to Aiyyrotoxa and Diactenis. 



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