TINEIDJE. 605 



Narycia centropa, n. sp. 



c? . 14 mm., 2 18 mm. Head ochreous-ycllow. Palpi very 

 short, slender, yellowish, Antemia3 d" dentate, ciliations 2. Thorax 

 whitish, anteriorly dark fuscous, Forewings subohlong, costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; veins 

 all sqiarate ; ochreous-whitish, costal edge oehreous-yellowish ; a 

 cloudy blackish dot on end of cell ; some faint greyish strigulation 

 posteriorly : cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwinga and cilia (S pale 

 greyish, $ grey-whitish, 



French Congo, Ubangi ; 2 ex, 



Narycia ranularis, n. sp, 



c? . 16 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous. Palpi grey. An- 

 tennal ciliations 1, Thorax greyish, Forewings rather broad, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique; all veins separate; light greyish-ochreous, strewn with 

 indistinct fuscous transverse strigulce and strigao ; an ill-defined 

 basal patch of fuscous suffusiou occupying 1 of wing : cilia light 

 greyish-ochreous, Hindwings light grey ; cilia light greyish- 

 ochreous. 



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



Narycia renovata, n. sp. 



S . 13 mm. Head whitish. Palpi short, grey. Antennal 

 ciliations 2. Thorax whitish-grey, anterior margin suffused dark 

 grey. Forewings moderately elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 coincident ; 

 whitish-grey, a few scattered dark grey strigulae, especially towards 

 costa posteriorly ; a small spot of dark grey suffusion about fold 

 at 5 : cilia grey-whitish. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Leazil, R. Trombetas, September (Parish) ; 1 ex, 



Melasina paraclasta, n, sp. 



(S . 23 mm, Head whitish- ochreous, Antennal pectinations 5. 

 Thorax whitish, somewhat sprinkled dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish, with 

 faint fuscous-purplish tinge, some scattered fuscous and dark fuscous 

 scales, veins lined fuscous ; costa slenderly suffused dark fuscous 

 from base to | ; costal third irregularly suffused fuscous, a streak 

 of dark fuscous irroration between 11 and 12, an irregular 

 suffused dark fuscous streak from bej-ond middle of costa to end of 

 cell and thence to costa near apex ; a line of dark fuscous irroration 

 in cell from its middle to near end ; a suffused dark fuscous spot 

 beneath fold before middle of wing, and an irregular blotch beneath 

 end of cell ; three small dark fuscous spots on costa towards apex, 

 and an irregular line along termen : cilia whitish-fuscous, undefined 

 darker bars and two suffused dark fuscous shades, Hindwings 

 light greyish ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey antemedian shade. 



