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Mr, E. Meyrick’s Descriptions oj 
fuscous with some whitish-ochreous scales at intervals. Hinclwings 
with ridge and groove along lower margin of cell ; pale fuscous, 
becoming fuscous on posterior half; cilia whitish-fuscous, becoming 
whitish-ochreous on lower part of termen and dorsum, with fuscous 
subbasal shade. 
Mauritius ; one specimen. 
COSMOPTERYGIDAE. 
Gosmopteryx, Hb, 
Cosmopteryx dacryodes, n. sp. 
7 mm. Head dark bronzy-fuscous, crown with three fine 
white lines, face pale bronzy. Palpi white lined with black. 
Antennae blackish, towards base lined with white, four apical joints 
white, then five black, two white, one black, two white. Thorax 
dark bronzy-fuscous, with three fine white lines. Abdomen greyish- 
ochreous, anal tuft black on sides. Posterior tibiae black, with white 
median and apical rings, and a silvery ring between these. Fore- 
wings narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly very long-produced, cau¬ 
date ; blackish ; dorsal edge finely white towards base ; subcostal, 
median, and subdorsal very short snow-white dashes arranged in an 
oblique series about I, widely remote from base and band, subcostal 
fine, others thicker than usual; a broad orange postmedian trans¬ 
verse band, anteriorly edged by a vertical golden-metallic fascia 
followed above middle by a minute black speck, and posteriorly on 
lower half by a golden-metallic spot edged with black anteriorly, 
above posterior edge of which is a blackish dot on costa and some 
whitish sufl’usion in costal cilia, between these a narrow orange 
projection extends to termen, and is continued as a white streak 
along termen to apex : cilia dark violet-grey. Hindwings and cilia 
dark violet-grey. 
Mauritius ; one specimen. Probably nearest to the 
African C. cognita, Wals. 
Cosmoptcryx mimetis, Meyr. 
Mauritius ; two specimens. A very widely distributed 
species, probably attached to some plant of cultivation. 
Stagmatophora, HS. 
Stagmatophora coriaccUa, Snell. 
Mauritius ; four specimens, bred from larvae feeding 
in the pods of the cotton-plant, with which the species has 
been introduced from India. - ... - 
