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VII. Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 

 By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 



[Read May 5th, 1915.] 



I HAVE here described a further selection of new forms 

 from my collection, principally obtained by Mr. H. S. 

 Parish. These include some examples of the high fauna 

 of the Andes, collected at an elevation of over 12,000 feet, 

 the only Micro-Lepidoptera yet described, I believe, from 

 such an altitude, though I have in my hands for study 

 some others obtained by the French explorers, MM. Alluaud 

 and Jeannel, on Mt. Kenia in Africa at an elevation of 

 over 13,000 feet. The Andine forms here described include 

 the familiar European genera Depressaria, Gracilaria, 

 Bucculatrix, and Nepticula, all found at the highest level. 

 The further proposed exploration of these mountains was 

 unfortunately interrupted by the outbreak of war. 



Altogether in the present instalment 8 genera and 124 

 species are described as new. 



GELECHIADAE. 



Oecia oecophila, Stand. 



Peru, Lima, in August {Parish). Oecia maculata, Wals., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897, 111, is a synonym of this 

 species, which is widely distributed (doubtless artificially) ; 

 I have it also from India. It is a curious insect, of quite 

 uncertain affinity at present, but probably allied to Sym- 

 moca; certainly not to Endrosis, which is Oecophorid. 



Zelosyne olga, n. sp. 



(J $. 8-10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with 

 dark fuscous basal and median bands, terminal joint with slender 

 fuscous basal and median rings. Thorax bronzy-brown, with a 

 white spot at posterior extremity. Abdomen dark grey, beneath 

 yellow-ochreous with white segmental margins, anal tuft in ^ 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 strongly bent at f, apex rounded-obtuse, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 stalked (not coincident as in poeci- 

 losoma); bronzy -brown ; two broad snow-white fasciae edged 

 with black, first extending on dorsum from near base to middle, 



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