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above, posterior tibiae with outer spurs nearly equal inner. Fore 

 wings elongate, posteriorly rather strongly dilated, costa almost 

 straight, apex obtuse, hind margin rather oblique, rounded 

 beneath ; veins 4 and 5 stalked, 9 absent (coincident with 8) ; 

 pale brownish- ochreous, more or less irrorated with fuscous and 

 ochreous-whitish, on posterior half very closely ; two fine white 

 transverse lines, sometimes partially obsolete, except margins ; 

 first from beyond middle of costa to beyond middle of inner 

 margin, irregular, incompletely margined with dark fuscous, 

 upper half sharply curved or angulated outwards, lower half very 

 strongly curved inwards, sometimes preceded on upper half by a 

 strong fuscous suffusion ; second from three-fourths of costa to 

 inner margin before anal angle, acutely dentate, anteriorly finely 

 margined with dark fuscous, moderately curved outwards ; a 

 cloudy more or less distinct white streak from apex of wing to 

 first line below middle ; a fine black hind-marginal line ; cilia 

 ochreous-grey irrorated with white ; basal half in Ceylon specimens 

 clear white, with a median spot and one or two bars on upper part 

 of hind margin light greyish- ochreous ; in Mauritius specimens 

 with several narrow white bars only. Hind wings with veins 

 4 and 5 stalked ; grey-whitish, semitransparent, posteriorly 

 becoming greyer ; a grey hind-marginal line ; cilia white, with a 

 faint greyish line. 



St. Denis, Reunion, and Port Louis, Mauritius, in 

 April and May ; Kandy, Ceylon, in January ; also from 

 Borneo and West Africa ; common and widely distri- 

 buted. Nearest allied to G. cuneiferellus. There can be 

 no question of the specific identity of the slight geogra- 

 phical varieties noted above. 



GELECHIADyE. 



Hypsolophus, F. 



Hypsolophus ianthes, n. sp. 



5 , 12 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, crown suffused 

 with grey on top. Palpi dark grey, ochreous-tinged and finely 

 irrorated with whitish-grey, terminal joint whitish-ochreous 

 irrorated with grey, tuft of second joint long, oblong. Antenna? 

 whitish-ochreous. finely annulated with dark grey. Abdomen 

 grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle pair suffusedly 

 irrorated with fuscous. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, aj)ex pointed, hind margin extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 vein o absent (coincident with 2) ; ochreous ; a minute obscure 



