550 F.ynTir MTrKor.TiPinorTERA., 



Colcophora thermoleuca, n. sp. 



S . 9 mm. He;id, palpi, thorax white. Aiitennoc white riiip^ed 

 dark fuscous. Forewings lanceolate, apox produced, acute ; ferru- 

 ginous-fuscous ; a suffused wliite pointed costal streak from base 

 to 4 : cilia light greyish-ochreous, on costa whitish-ochreous 

 becoming white anteriorly. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 

 Palestine, Haifa, May {Buxton) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



Coleophora leucochares, u. sp. 



S . 10 mm. Head, palpi, autennoe, thorax white. Forewings 

 narrow, acute-pointed ; shining white : cilia white. Hindwings 

 pale grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 



Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, September {Fletcher) ; I ex. 



Coleophora retifera, n. sp. 



J . 15 mm. Head, thorax white, centrally tinged pale greyish- 

 ochreous suffusion. Palpi pale greyish, second joint loosely tufted 

 beneath. Antennoe white, basal joint without tuft. Forewings 

 white, all veins finely and indistinctly lined fuscous : cilia light 

 greyish, on eosta white. Hindwings and cilia light greyish. 



Palestine, Jerusalem, April {Buxton) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



Coleophora immortalis, n, sp. 



S 2 • 9-10 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitisb. Palpi whitish, 

 infuscated anteriorly, second joint with slight tuft. Antenna; white, 

 on basal half ringed with faint ochreous tinge. Forewings lanceo- 

 late, apex produced, acute; light brownisb-ochreous ; costa and 

 dorsum from base to beyond middle, and all veins somewhat 

 unevenly streaked white, variably scattered black scales mostly on 

 edges of these, also along middle of plical streak : cilia grey- whitish 

 or pale greyish. Hindwings and cilia light greyish. 



Fiji, Lantoka, bred April from larvas on flowers Amarantlivs 

 jyaniculntvs and A. viridis {Oreemvood) ; 13 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 

 Larval case (1 sent) 5 ram. long, tolerably cylindrical, slightly 

 swollen towards middle, formed of greyish silk covered with small 

 grains of excrement and fragments of refuse, mouth rather bent 

 down, and extremity 3-valved. The North American amarantheUa, 

 the only other s]jecies recorded as feeding on an Amaranthus, is 

 seemingly related, but not identical. 



Coleophora arachnias, n, sp. 



c? . 14 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi smooth, white, terminal 

 joint less than half second. Antenna) white, ringed greyish-ochreous, 

 basal joint with rough proj-ecting scales anteriorly. Forewings 

 narrow-lanceolate ; white ; all veins indicated by very fine faint 

 ochreous lines : cilia white, towards tornus ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Palestine, Beiran, Jordan Valley, June {Buxton) ; 1 ox. (Brit. 

 Mus.). 



