456 Prof. Zeller’s Descriptions of 
line of argyrogrammos is entirely wanting, and the second is 
nearer to the hind margin and its upper portion is strongly curved 
inwardly. Instead of the deep black spots of the hind margin, we 
have here a continuous line. The posterior wings also are darker, 
with the transverse vein differently placed. 
One specimen from the plains of Jordan.* 
EvzorHerat PILoseLia, n. sp. (PI. XXIII. fig. 3.) 
Parva; alis anterioribus perangustis, nigricantibus, squamis fer- 
rugineis adspersis, strigis duabus albidis (priore curva, pos- 
teriore in medio angulata) opposite late nigro-marginatis ; 
posterioribus albidis. ¢. 
Long. alar. ant. lin, 23—3}. 
Small, with the anterior wings very narrow, blackish, dusted 
with ferruginous ; with two whitish transverse lines, the first 
broadly margined with black on the convex posterior side, the 
second strongly dentate in the middle and broadly margined with 
black on the inner side; posterior wings whitish. ¢. 
The name of the species has been suggested by the very long 
hair-like scales of the thorax. 
The anterior wings are very narrow, blackish, slightly mixed 
with ferruginous, and with scattered long white scales; they are 
intersected by two whitish fascize, of which the first is curved in- 
wardly and is convex exteriorly, the second has a sharp tooth 
internally in the middle. The space between them is more or 
less whitish ; the extreme base of the wing is likewise whitish. 
Posterior wings whitish, rather transparent. 
Three males from the plains of Jordan and from Jerusalem. 
EvuzopHera SAMARITANELLA, n. sp. (Pl. XXIII. fig. 4.) 
Parva; alis anterioribus angustis, albidis, nigro-punctulatis, 
strigis duabus dilutioribus, priore oblique curvata interius 
rufescente, posteriore infra medium dentata exterius rufes- 
cente, puncto veng transverse nigricante; posterioribus 
albidis, margine cinerascente. + 
Small, with the anterior wings narrow, whitish, dusted with 
* Herr Lederer has also met with this insect near Amasia: “ twelve miles 
from Amasia, in a dry place, not very scarce in June. I only, however, 
caught one, as I thought it was argyrogrammos.’’—Lederer, in litt. 
+ I propose this name for the genus founded by Von Heinemann, Schmet- 
terl. Deutschlands u. der Schweiz, zweite Abtheilung, Band i. Heft ii. p. 190, 
under the name of Stenoptycha, afterwards (p. 209) changed to Melia. 
