502 Lord Walsingham’s catalogue of the Pterophoride, 
Porto Santo,! Northern Deserta.! 
Distinct from seeboldiella, Kreithn. See remarks under 
fuscomaculella, Rag. (ante p. 549). 
Blastobasis nigromaculata, W|stn. 
Gelechia nigromaculata, Wlstu., Ann. and Mag. N. H. 
(3.s.), I., 121 (1858; 3} Wkr., (Cat. pedins.abi Ms 
XXIX., 627 (1864). 
Madeira,! Southern Deserta ;! Madeira, four specimens 
(Baker). 
Blastobasis (?) awrantiaca, W|stn. 
Gracilaria (?) aurantiaca, Wlstn., Ann. and Mag. 
N. -H. (3's.), 1, 122.(1858);) Wkr Cat wip. ime: 
B. M., XXX., 854 (1864). 
Madeira, summer of 1855.1 
Epristerus, Wlsm., gen. nov. 
(emvatnTos, capable of being scientifically known.) 
Tyres, Hpistetus divisus, Wlsm. 
Antenne, g@, strongly bifasciculate (35); basal joint enlarged, 
with a pecten, second and third joints also enlarged, the base of the 
fourth joint attenuate. Mawillary palpi overlapping the base of 
the haustellum. Labial palpi with the second joint somewhat 
longer than the apical, scarcely tufted at the end beneath. Ocelli 
absent. Head somewhat crested above, face smooth. Thorax 
smooth. Forewings narrow, elongate, pointed, the apex scarcely 
depressed, anal angle obsolete. Neuration, 12 veins, 7 and 8 from 
a common stem, both to above apex. Hindwings as broad as the 
forewings, lanceolate, subovate, abdominal angle somewhat pro- 
nounced, cilia (1). Newration 7 veins, 3 and 4 coincident, 5 from the 
same stem as 3+4, 6 and 7 separate. Abdomen, ¢, somewhat 
flattened and laterally dilated. Legs with hind tibie slightly 
clothed, 
Epistetus divisus, Wlsm., sp. n. 
Antenne fuscous, basal joint brownish. Palpi brownish. Head 
and Thorax brouzy-brown ; face shining, pale cinereous. Forewings 
shining, bronzy-brown, with a slightly-waved narrow whitish line 
or fascia across their middle, scarcely farther from the base on the 
dorsal than on the costal margin ; beyond this line the outer half 
of the wing is slightly paler than the base, and shows a faint 
indication of a transverse darker spot at the end of the cell, 
