564 EXOTIC MICROLEPTDOPTEKA. 



Parectopa latisecta, n. sp. 



cT . mm. Head, thorax white, patagia greyish-ochrcous. 

 Palpi rough-scaled anteriorly throughout, white, basal half of second 

 joint dark grey. Forcwings ratlicr narrow, tolerably pointed ; 

 light shining bron/y-ochreous ; markings wliite, finely l)lack-edged ; 

 three costal and three dorsal obli(]uo streaks reacliing nearly halt' 

 across wing, tirst costal at 1, second at 4, both broad, triineato 

 beneath, third at |, slender, first dorsal at ^, broad, second and 

 third moderate, at ^ and |, all truncate ; an inwards-oblicpie 

 Avodgesha])ed streak from costa towards apex meeting third costal; 

 a minute dot on termen beneath apex of these ; a larger more 

 strongly black-edged dot above middle of termen ; cilia white, on 

 tornal area grey, beneath apex a dark grey bar, above apex a 

 blackish hook. Hindwings and cilia grey. 

 CuiNA, Shanghai ; 1 ex. (Coll. Joannis). 



Gracilaria gladiatrix, n. sp. 

 (5. Oram. Head pale brassy, face shining whitish. Palpi 

 white, terminal joint with dark giey band. Thorax brassy-whitish, 

 shoulders purplish-grey. Porewings narrow, tolerably ])ointed ; 

 greyish -i>urple ; a moderate whitish-brassy pointed streak along 

 dorsum from base to near middle ; a whitish-brassy triangular 

 patch extending on costa from before -^ to b(!yond |, and reaching 

 nearly to dorsum, marked on costa towards middle with three or 

 four minute grey dots ; two minute darker dots transversely placed 

 on end of cell: cilia grey-purplish, some darker specks. Hindwings 

 and cilia light grey. 



China, Shanghai; 1 ex. (Coll. Joannis). 



Gracilaria porphyracma, n. sp. 



J. 12 mm. Head, thorax light ochreous-yellow, face whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, a dark grey subapical ring. Forewings narrow, 

 modei-ately pointed; light ochreous-yellow, apical fifth sufiused light 

 jnirjdish : cilia light yellowish. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Punjab, Murrec, 7500 feet, June {Diitt); 1 ex. 



Gracilaria instincta, n. sp. 



cJ , 11mm. Head, thorax ochreous, face whitish-ochreons. 

 Palpi fuscous, tip whitish. ' Forcwings narrow, moderately pointed ; 

 glossy violet-ochreous, deeper and more violet-tinged on base of 

 costa and towards apex of wing : cilia pale ochreous, roui.d apex 

 violet-tinged and faintly darker-spcckkd. Hindwings and cilia 

 pale grey. 



Palestine, Jerusalem, March (Btixion); 1 ex. (T3rit. Mus.). 



Gracilaria pterostoma, n. sp. 



J. 16 mm. Head bronzy- whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 speckled greyish, with moderate spreading tuft of scales beneath, 



