548 EXOTIC MICEOLEriDOPTERA. 



Palpi whitish, hasc and subapical band of second joint and median 

 band of terminal joint dark fuscous, in the palest specimen these 

 markings wholly obsolete. Thorax whitish-ochrcons, shoulders 

 infuscated. Forewings elongate, apex pointed, termen very obliiiuely 

 rounded ; brownish variably irrorated dark fuscous or mostly 

 suft'used purplish-grey, in one specimen pale ochreous with a few 

 scattered fuscous scales ; edge of basal patch straight, oblique, 

 margined first with black (in pale specimen very slightly) and then 

 hy a white streak ; stigmata blackish, plical beneath first discal, 

 edged anteriorly by white suli'usion, second discal forming an oblique 

 mark edged above by a variable white spot ; a small dark spot on 

 costa before middle preceded by white suflusion ; a spot of dark 

 suffusion on costa at | followed by a white mark ; some dark suf- 

 fusion on tornus ; sometimes apex slightly suffused whitish : cilia 

 varying from grey to pale ochreous, somewhat sprinkled dark 

 fuscous or blackish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia gvcy, in 

 pale specimen whitish-ochreous. 



Algeria, 8idi Ferruch ; 4 ex. (type Coll. Joannis). Variable in 

 colour, but differs from allied species by straight oblique edge of 

 basal patch (in allied forms angidated), 



Heterobathra votiva, u. sp. 



5 . 14 mm. Head, thorax whitish-grey. Paljii grey-whitish 

 speckled dark grey. ForcAvings elongate, costa bent before middle, 

 apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; grey finely and 

 closely irioratcd white; some darker grey suflusion towards costa 

 before and beyond bend; stigmata blaciiish-grey surrounded with 

 whitish suflusion, plioal beneath first discal; sliglit indistinct 

 marginal dots of bhi clash -grey speckling round posterior part of 

 costa and termen ; cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings light grey ; 

 cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Palestini;, Haifa, May (Biia'ton); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). Btiuctur- 

 ally and superficially nearl}- rcsen;bles the Australian tetracentra . 



PTEROPHORID.E. 



Platyptilia interpres, n. sp. 



cJ 2 . 15-16 mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi slender, white, 

 ringed blackish irroration. Abdomen suffuscdly mottled fuscous 

 and whitish, sides irregularly and variably lined white. Forewiugs 

 cleft from |, segments rather narrow, termen -of first sinuate, of 

 second falcate; rather dark fuscous, slightly pale-speckled ; basal 5 

 of costa black with minute white strigula^ ; a pale brownish spot in 

 disc before middle; a transverse blackish bar before base of cleft; 

 a somewhat o])lique white transverse line on first segment before 

 middle, indistinct at lower extremity ; a white subtermijial line 

 crossing both segments, approximated to termen towards tornus : 

 cilia grey somewhat mixed blackish, on dorsum three blackish 



