210 EXOTIC JIICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



TINEID^. 



Sporadarthra epirota, n. sp. 



J . 10-13 mm. Head whitiah-ochreous, sides of frontal tuft dark 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally whitish. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen light greyish. Fore- 

 wings elongate - lanceolate, apex rather produced, acute ; dark 

 bronzy-fuscous ; a broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe occupying 

 more than half the wing from base to tornus, its upper edge slightly 

 prominent before | and semicircularly excavated before | of wing, 

 extended as a slender streak along terraen to apex : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, on costa dark fuscous. Hind^'iiigs rather dark bronzy- 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



NrAssALAND, Mt. Mlaujc, in December (Neave) ; two specimens. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Tineola moschias, n. sp. 



J 5 . 12-13 mm. Head pale yellowish. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 

 ochreous- whitish. Antennae grey-whitish, more greyish -tinged 

 towards base. Thorax pale greyish-ochreous, suffused with 

 purplish-fuscous anteriorly. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; costa tinged with purplish- 

 fuscous towards base : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Nyassalai^d, Mt. Mlanje, and Portuguese East Africa, E. of 

 Mt. Mlanje, in November and December {Neave) ; thirteen 

 specimens. Type in British Museum. 



Tinea pyroxantha, n. sp. 



cJ . 13-14 mm. Head and palpi yellow. Antennse 1, light 

 grey. Thorax deep orange. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 deep orange : cilia concolorous. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Portuguese East Africa, E. of Mt. Mlanje, in November 

 (xieave) ; two specimens. Type in British Museum. 



Tinea excavata, n. sp. 



cJ . 9-10 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 apex ochreous-whitish. Antennae dark grey. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, patagia dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; dark lilac-fuscous; 

 II rather broad wiiitish-ochreous dorsal streak from base, narrowed 



