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Choreutis irradiata, n. sj). 



2 ■ 15 mm. Head light ochreous, margins mixed willi white. 

 Palpi with large tut't on second joint formed of whorls of hlack 

 white-tipped scales, terminal joint sprinkled with black, with 

 slight median scale - 2)rojection posteriorly. Thorax ochreous, 

 sprinkled and lined with white. Abdomen blackish, segments 

 margined with grey and then Avith white. Legs white banded 

 with blackish. Porewings elongate - triangular, costa gently 

 arched, apes obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique; 

 '^fulvous ; costal edge dark fuscous ; white dots at base of costa 

 and dorsum, and in disc near base; a thick blackish streak 

 beneath costa from near base to |, marked with three irregular 

 green-blue-metallic spots, second connected with costa bj' a white 

 dot; an irregular-oblong blackish blotch occupying dorsal half 

 of wing from near base to |, irrorated with white on its median 

 area, and marked with two green-blue-metallic dots anteriorly 

 and one posteriorly ; a white dot above this at ^ and two placed 

 directly transversely at |, these connected by a blackish streak 

 rising from dorsal blotch and marked with a green-blue-metallic 

 median spot ; two white dots on costa towards |, each giving 

 rise to a short green-blue-metallic streak ; three irregular blackish 

 sti'eaks connecting })receding black markings with subterminal 

 fascia in disc, and another on dorsum, median and submedian 

 connected by a violet-golden-metallic transverse line ; a rather 

 narrow subterminal blackish fascia from costa near apex to 

 tornus, marked with a violet-golden-metallic line, interrupted 

 below middle ; some whitish dots on termen : cilia fulvous 

 mixed with dark fuscous, with a blackish basal line, above and 

 below middle of termen with broad whitish patches with dark 

 fuscous median line. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter towards 

 base ; a white mark on tornus, and a short white oblique streak 

 towards termen below middle ; cilia white, with two strong dark 

 fuscous lines. 



Asia Mixok, Alma Dagh ; one specimen. 



Ussara chalcodesma, n, sp. 



2 . 12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. Palpi 

 white, with a black anterior streak, second joint blackish latendly 

 except near apex, its apical edge black. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa anteriorly straight, arched towards apex, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 black ; basal area indigo-leaden, marked with a suffused orange 

 patch in disc towards first streak ; four transverse prismatic- 

 metallic streaks, first three straight, first at 5, dilated into an 



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