220 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 
14. Scoparia micacea, Butl. 
Aporodes micacea, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
326. 
3 2, 19—22 mm. Palpi 13. Antennal ciliations one-half. 
Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly slightly arched, 
apex obtuse, hind margin rather obliquely rounded; fuscous, 
slightly slaty-tinged; base suffused with dark fuscous; two nearly 
straight parallel ochreous-whitish lines from about one-fifth of 
costa to one-fourth of inner margin, slightly bent beneath costa, 
included space mixed with ochreous-whitish, fuscous, and reddish- 
ochreous, second followed by a moderately broad dark fuscous 
suffusion, forming an abrupt projection outwards in dise; a very 
small annular dark fuscous spot obscurely indicated on outer edge 
of this above middle; a moderately large reniform spot outlined 
with dark fuscous, somewhat mixed with reddish-ochreous, upper 
half dilated and containing a dark fuscous dot sometimes suffused 
into posterior margin; space in front of this spot in the male 
paler; posterior half of costal edge ochreous-whitish spotted with 
dark fuscous; a dark fuscous dentate line from three-fourths of 
costa to two-thirds of inner margin, moderately irregularly curved 
outwards, with a much stronger indentation below middle, on costa 
followed by a triangular whitish suffusion ; some ochreous-whitish 
scales before hind margin towards middle; cilia fuscous, with 
faint indications of slender ochreous-whitish bars. Hind wings 
fuscous, darker in female, becoming dark fuscous towards hind 
margin; two small darker spots obliquely placed in dise at two- 
fifths ; cilia fuscous, terminal half whitish barred with fuscous. 
Fourteen specimens. 
15. Scoparia nigrescens, Butl. 
Mecyna nigrescens, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
328; Melanomecyna nigrescens, id., Ent. Mo. 
Mag., xix., 179. 
S 2, 14—17 mm. Palpi two. Antennal ciliations one-half. 
Tore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly slightly 
arched, apex obtuse, hind margin rather obliquely rounded; light 
fuscous, ochreous-tinged; two nearly straight parallel ochreous- 
whitish lines from before one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner 
margin, confluent in disc, second margined posteriorly by a 
blackish line, less marked towards costa, sometimes rather broadly 
suffused beneath; a subquadrate spot suffused with ochreous- 
