230 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 
28. Mestolobes minuscula, Butl. 
Boreophila minuscula, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 
1881, 325; Mestolobes simethina, id., Trans. Ent. 
Soc. Lond., 1882, 88. 
3 ?,10—14mm. Abdomen dark fuscous, towards base in male 
ochreous-yellowish. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle 
pair banded with dark fuscous, posterior tibiz without tuft. Fore 
wings oblong-triangular, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, hind 
margin obliquely rounded; fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous ; 
lines obscure or tolerably distinct, fuscous-whitish, obscurely 
darker-margined; first from one-third of costa to two-fifths of 
inner margin, often distinctly double, somewhat angulated in 
middle; second from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of 
inner margin, unevenly curved outwards; immediately beyond 
first line ground colour somewhat ochreous-tinged; an ochreous- 
tinged dark-margined reniform spot in disc beyond middle; an 
interrupted dark fuscous hind-marginal line; cilia pale greyish- 
ochreous, with a dark fuscous line near base and cloudy fuscous 
posterior line. Hind wings rather dark fuscous, darker in female, 
especially towards hind margin; in male with an ochreous- 
yellowish patch along basal two-thirds of costa, including a longi- 
tudinal pencil of yellowish hairs in a shallow groove; inner- 
marginal lobe in male clothed with dense light ochreous-yellowish 
hairs; cilia grey-whitish, with a dark grey line. 
Sixteen specimens. 
11. Eurycreon, Ld. 
29. Hurycreon litorea, Butl. 
Scopula litorea, Butl., Ent. Mo. Mag., xix., 178. 
3,15 mm. Frontal projection obtuse, rounded. Palpi 3}. 
Antennal ciliations one. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa 
posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, hind margin obliquely 
rounded; whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with brownish-ochreous ; 
lines barely indicated by a few scattered blackish scales, but not 
traceable; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind wings ochreous-whitish, 
somewhat sprinkled with ochreous-brownish; a very indistinct 
line indicated by dark fuscous scales at three-fourths parallel to 
hind margin ; sometimes a series of obscure fuscous hind-marginal 
dots; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Three specimens. One of the specimens in the 
British Museum appears to have fine but distinct first 
