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at base and attenuated to tornus, upper edij;e irregular, with a 

 semioval excavation in middle of wing occupied by plical stigma ; 

 plical and second discal stigmata large, blackish, first discal indis- 

 tinct, before plical, sometimes a blackish streak on fold between 

 base and plical; apical area somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous mixed and barred with dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



NrAssALAND, Mt. Mlanje, in September and February {Neave) ; 

 four specimens. Type in British Museum. 



Tinea ceriaula, n. sp. 



c? $. 9-10 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 

 whitish. Antennae grey. Thorax light greyish-ochreous, more or 

 less sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, more or 

 less sprinkled and irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous; stigmata 

 large, dark fuscous, plical beneath first discal ; a small suffused dark 

 fuscous spot at apex : cilia grey, base suffused with pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings acute-pointed ; grey ; cilia as in forewings. 



S. Nigeria, Ibadan, in September and October, bred from old 

 beescomb (Z)r. W. A. Lamborn)', six specimens. Type in British 

 Museum. 



Tinea servilis, n. sp, 



J, 7 mm. Head blackish. Palpi whitish. Antennse nearly 1, 

 white ringed with dark grey. Thorax whitish mixed with fuscous 

 and blackish. Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, 

 acute ; white sprinkled with blackish ; a blackish streak along 

 costa from base to first fascia ; three rather oblique transverse 

 fasciae indicated each by three irregular blackish spots, costal, 

 median, and plical, lowest spot of third fascia tornal, second fascia 

 in middle of wing : cilia white sprinkled with black. Hindwings 

 lanceolate, grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Bengal, Pusa, in July (FletcJier) ; one specimen. 



Melasina imminuta, n. sp. 



S . 26 mm. Head pale brownish-ochreous someAvhat mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Antennal pectinations 1. Thorax brownish 

 mixed with dark fuscous and whitish. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft 

 pale ochreous. I'orewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, rather 

 oblique ; fuscous, with series of blackish strigulse on veins ; eosta 

 marked with small blackish spots ; a blackish fascia from dorsum 

 beyond middle, edged with whitish on lower portion, posterior edge 

 right-angled below middle, above this rapidly pointed and not 



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