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11. Mecyna pantheropa, n. sp. 

 ^ $ . 25-26 ni.ni. Head and thorax light yellow-ochreous, some- 

 times mixed with reddish-fuscous or whitish. Labial palpi 4-4|, 

 yellow-ochreous mixed with fuscous, beneath white towards base. 

 Legs wliitish, anterior tibite infiiscated. Forewings rather elongate- 

 triangular, costa gently arched, apex almost rectangular, termen 

 slightly bowed, oblique ; orange, variably mixed with reddish- 

 fuscous or dark fuscous, especially on veins, in two specimens wholly 

 suffused with fuscous ; extreme costal edge sometimes whitish in 

 middle ; markings reddish-brown, mixed or suffused with dark 

 grey ; a suffusion along basal J of costa, sometimes extending basally 

 to dorsum ; first line irregularly curved, second denticulate, forming 

 a strong subquadrate loop inwards below middle, space between 

 them wholly suffused with dark except along costa and on a band 

 preceding upper half of second line ; sometimes a sharply defined 

 irregular transverse or rhomboidal clear white discal spot at middle, 

 but in three specimens this is not indicated ; a moderate terminal 

 fascia, suffusedly projecting inwards opposite loop of second line : 

 cilia dark grey, tips pale and reddish-tinged. Hindwings whitish- 

 yellowish, becoming whitish towards costa ; dorsal area more or less 

 suffused with grey (in one specimen the whole wing grey except 

 costa) ; two dark grey discal dots very obliquely placed ; sometimes 

 a grey postmedian line ; a suffused dark grey terminal fascia, some- 

 times very narrow or obsolete except at apex ; a terminal series of 

 dark grey dots ; cilia rosy-whitish, with an indistinct grey line. 



Seven specimens. Very variable; nearest to M.fiavidalis,^ 

 but always without the yellow quadrate spot in middle of 

 disc of forewings (always present in fiavidalis), and also 

 distinguished from both Jlavidalis and marmarina by the 

 much longer palpi ; readily separated from notata by the 

 dark median band and terminal fascia. 



12. Scoparia, sp. 



One specimen of a species allied to S. cyameuta, but in 

 very poor condition and unfit for determination. 



13. Scoparia leptophmi, n. sp, 

 $ . 19-21 m.m. Head and thorax light fuscous, with some whitish 

 scales. Labial palpi 3i, fuscous, white towards base beneath. Fore- 

 wings very narrow, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 fuscous-whitish, densely irrorated with fuscous and sprinkled with 



