500 KXOTic MiciioT,n;rTnorTE«A. 



irregularly strignlated whito, a small transverse white spot on 

 dorsum at i, a larger subtriangular white median dorsal spot cut by 

 a blackish strigula; a pair of whitish strigula) on middle of cost a ; 

 some small ochreous dots and a silvery strigula in disc beyond 

 middle ; a silvery strigula from dorsum at | ; an obtusely angulated 

 violet-silvery-metallic stria from costa at | to dorsum before tornus, 

 preceded and followed by interrupted fulvous-ochreous stria?, beyond 

 this a similar metallic stria, its lower half reduced to three dots; a 

 white transverse mark from costa near apex, preceded by a fulvous- 

 ochreous mark, apex beyond this fulvous-ochreous with a small 

 violet-silvery dot ; a small white dot in subapical indentation, 

 beneath this a fulvous-ochreous terminal line and small spot above 

 tornus : cilia light greyish, a dark fuscous basal line, interrupted 

 with white on subapical dot. Hiudwings dark fuscous; cilia grey, 

 a darker subbasal shade. 



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



COSMOPTERYGID^. 



Cosmopteryx trilopha, n. sp. 



c? . 9 mm. Head bronzy-blackish, a silver-metallic line on each 

 side of crown, face iridescent-silver-raetallic. Palpi white lined 

 black. Antenna) blackish, a whitish subapical band. Thorax 

 blackish, a silver-metallic stripe on each side. Posterior tibiae black, 

 obliquely banded silver-metallic, above with three strong oblique 

 projections of bristly scales. Forewinga long-caudate ; black ; 

 markings brilliant iridescent brassy-silver-metallic ; a subdorsal 

 streak from base to tornus, thence more slender along termen to 

 apex, rather thicker and irregular towards base, slenderl)^ inter- 

 rupted before middle, just beyond this a short projection upwards ; 

 a slender subcostal streak from before middle to | : cilia dark grey, 

 a fine whito bar just beneath apex. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Uganda, Kampala, August {Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus,). 

 Near emmolyhda. 



Cosmopteryx pyrozela, n. sp. 



5 . 8 mm. Head dark bronzj'-grey, face bronzj'-whitish. Palpi 

 white lined black, xlntenua) black lined white, extreme tip white, 

 apical third blackish-grey, then 2 joints white, 1 blackish, 2 white. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Forewiugs caudate ; blackish ; a violet- 

 silvery-metallic spot in disc at ^ ; a moderate orange-fulvous post- 

 median fascia, slightly inwards-oblique from costa and somewhat 

 narrowed downwards, limited by two violet-golden-metallic streaks 

 inwardly edged black; a short fine violet-silvery-metallic longi- 

 tudinal strigula midway between this and apex : cilia dark grey, at 

 apex a white dash. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Bkazil, E. Trombetas, September (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



