tinf.idt:. 591 



dots round apex and tcrmen : cilia oclircous- -whitish. Ilindwings 

 light grey ; ciiia ochieous-whitish, a light greyish autemedian shade. 

 JjitAZiL, Pariiitius, Octoher {Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Syncraternis phaeospila, n. sp. 



6 ? • 13-14 mm. Differs from anthestias onlj' as follows : 

 "wings slight I}- narrower, forewings somewhat more pointed, 3 and 

 4 approximated at base ( J ) or nearly parallel ( $ ), discal bht lies 

 brown (not blackish), preapical costal spot and tornal spot wholly 

 absent, liiiidwings cilia wi'hout greyish sliade. 



Ukazil, Maiiaos, Tetie, November, December {Parish) ; 2 ex, 



Myrmecozela optodes, n. sp, 



(5. 11 mm. Head grey mixed whitish. Palpi grey mixed 

 whitish and d\rk grej', second joint with long rough projecting 

 hairs beneath and lateral bristles. Antennte rather stout. Thorax 

 dark grey mixed grey-whitish. Eorewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termeu very obliquely rounded ; dark 

 brown irregularly speckled whitish and mixed dark luscous ; 

 ])nsterior half of costa with live transverse dark fuscous spots 

 separated by white speckling : cilia grey, basal third mixed dark 

 fuscous forming irregular bars, tips dark fuscous, liindwings dull 

 purplish, posterior half irrorated blackish ; cilia grey, a dark 

 fuscous subbasal shade. 



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



Myrmecozela lutipalpis, n. sp. 



J . 14—10 mm. Head, thorax rather dark fuscous. Palpi 

 ochreous, two or three short lateral bristles. Porewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, ai)ex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; dark 

 purplish-fuscous, small obscure darker spots round margins and 

 representing stigmata, ])lical somewhat bejond fir^t discal: cilia 

 rather dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 



Upper Senegal, Kati, July ; Uppeu Pkesch Guinea, Oudoula ; 

 2 ex. (Coll. Joanuis). 



Myrmecozela reniteiis, n. sp. 



S , 24 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, second 

 joint Avithout bristles, tip pale ochreous, terminal joint with sub- 

 basal band and apex pale ochreous. Anttnn* serrulate, slioitly 

 ciliated. Thorax brown, tips of patagia and posterior edge whitish. 

 Posterior tibia; whitish. Porewings elongate, apex obtuse, termen 

 obli(]uely rounded ; rather light brownish with violet-white 

 iridescence, some small scattered dark fuscous strigultB especially 

 towards margins posteriorly, costa and dorsum irregularly strigu- 

 lated dark fuscous ; a short dark fuscous transverse mark on costa 



