TINEII),^. 603 



more stronglj- towards apex, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 obliciue ; purplisli-fuscous, obscurely irrorated darker: cilia light 

 greyish. Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish-grey. 

 Syria, Ghazir; 1 ex. (Coll. Joaunis). 



TONICURGIS, n. g. 



Head with long rough hairs ; ocelli posterior ; tongue absent. 

 Antennoe 4, in d with long fascicles of cilia rising from short pro- 

 cesses, basal joint moderately dilated, with pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate, porrected, second joint with long tuft of dense rough 

 scales beneath, terminal joint short, loosely scaled. Maxillary 

 palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings 2 

 from angle, 7 absent, 11 from before middle, secondary cell developed. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 4 ; 2-7 separate. 



Allied to Ipliierga. 



Tonicurgis diaphracta, n. sp. 



S . 13 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi greyish-ochreous mixed 

 dark fuscous. Thorax grey-whitish, shoulders suffused dark fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; grey-whitish, some indistinct transverse greyish-ochreous 

 striae ; markings dark fuscous ; transverse spots on costa and 

 dorsum near base ; a moderate direct fascia at ^ ; a small spot on 

 dorsum at | ; a moderate rather oblique fascia from | of costa to 

 tornus, anterior edge irregularly excavated towards dorsum ; a spot 

 on costa towards apex ; two or three indistinct fuscous dots on 

 apical edge : cilia grey-whitish, towards base tinged greyish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish, basal half greyish, 



Palestine, Nazareth, July {Buxton) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



ELEGISTIS Meyr. 



The characters of this genus should be corrected and extended 

 as follows : forewings 10 absent, 11 from hardly before middle; 

 hindwings 5 sometimes absent. Vein 5 of hindwings is absent in 

 the type-species, but present in the following, which is very nearly 

 allied and cannot be generically separated. 



Elegistis priscilla, u. sp. 



S $ . 9-10 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, lower part of face 

 pale ochreous. Palpi suhascending, dark fuscous, internally and 

 more or less beneath pale ochreous. Autenual ciliations shorter 

 than in cunicidaris. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; pale ochreous suffusion forming an obscure obtusely angu- 

 lated fascia at i, and spots on costa at middle and towards apex, 

 sometimes also a subcostal streak from base to fascia ; scattered 

 white specks on dorsal half of wing beyond fascia, and towards 

 middle of termen : cilia dark grey, a blackish-grey median 



