166 MICROLEPIDOPTERA 



ochreoiis, some minute lilackish speckling on costa towards 

 apex. Hind wings gTey ; cilia whitish. 

 Mt. Muriid, 4500 feet, one specimen. 



Tinea improvisa n. sp. 



9 16 mm. Head orange, middle of face and middle of 

 crown white. Palpi orange, terminal joint suffused white 

 with base and a median ring blackish. Thorax white, anterior 

 third orange. Fore wings light orange ; markings snow-white, 

 finely black-edged ; a dot on costa near base ; a moderate 

 fascia at 1/3, posterior edge concave between costa and an 

 angular projection on fold ; a spot on dorsinn before tornus ; 

 an obhque expanding trapezoidal blotch from costa beyond 

 middle, and an elongate blotch along upper part of termen 

 with anterior end narrowed and curved up to touch middle 

 of posterior end of this ; above terminal blotch a blackish-grey 

 elongate blotch irrorated white ; a fine very oblique white fine 

 from costa at 2/3 running into apical end of terminal blotch ; 

 cilia orange, white bars above and below apex. Hind vdngs 

 with 5 and 6 short stalked ; light grey, anteriorly suffused 

 ochreous-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet, one specimen. The nearest approach 

 to this very distinct species is calycodes from Solomon 

 Islands. 



Tinea phaedropis n. sp. 



cT 14 mm. Head light ochreous-yellow. Palpi blackish, 

 tip pale yellowish. Antennae grey. Thorax yellow, patagia 

 blackish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Fore wings pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked, 7 and 8 

 stalked ; bright yellow , with a very faint gi'eenish tinge ; 

 markings irregular, ill-defined, grey irrorated black; dots on 

 base of costa and dorsum ; a thick streak along fold from near 

 base to near middle of wing ; elongate costal antemedian and 

 postmedian patches ; a t'liick streak from middle of disc to 

 tornus ; an irregular streak along termen, interrupted in 

 middle; cilia yellowish, basal half irregularly sprinkled dark 

 fuscous. Hind v^ings grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Mt. Murud, 6500 feet, one specimen. 



3^inea strepsineuea n. sp. 



9 27—28 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi and antennae 

 dark fuscous. Thorax greyish-ochreous, speckled grey, 

 especially anteriorly. Abdomen yellow-ochreous. Fore wings 



