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Sciaphila, Treitschke. 

 35. Sciaphila leonina, n. s. 

 Allied to S. gouana, but larger, and with the coloration 

 of Affa bipunctella of N. 'America; primaries above 

 golden stramineous, shining ; sprinkled sparsely, and 

 particularly upon the veins, with black scales ; a black 

 dot at the inferior angle of the cell ; secondaries seri- 

 ceous-grey, darker and cupreous towards apex in the 

 male ; fringe white, traversed near the base by a more 

 or less defined grey line ; head and thorax stramineous, 

 abdomen pearly white ; primaries of male below blackish, 

 with cream-coloured borders ; of female creamy, slightly 

 greyish in the middle ; costa slightly testaceous ; 

 secondaries shining white ; costal area slightly stra- 

 mineous ; body below pearly whitish ; legs greyish. 

 Expanse of wings — male 30 mm., female 33 mm. 



" Valparaiso, in November." — T. E. 



Dichelia, Guenee. 

 36. Dichelia exusta, n. s. 



Aspect of D. rubicundana, but much larger ; primaries 

 above dark laky red-brown, varying to deep reddish 

 gravel-colour, with golden or pink gloss ; striated and 

 spotted with black, and crossed by four equidistant ill- 

 defined oblique darker bands, the first and last very 

 indistinct ; secondaries sericeous-white, more or less 

 mottled with dark grey ; head and thorax purplish brown ; 

 abdomen silvery white, with slightly yellowish anal tuft ; 

 primaries below dark grey-brown, the costa and external 

 area washed with reddish cupreous or pale golden, and 

 reticulated with blackish ; secondaries sericeous-white, 

 more or less mottled with blackish ; body below golden 

 or silvery whitish. Expanse of wings, 23 — 24 mm. 



Valparaiso. 



This species bears a strong resemblance to Zeller's 

 figure of his Sciaphila radicana ; the base of primaries is 

 sometimes slaty grey. 



Tortrix, Linnceus. 



37. Tortrix chrysopteris, n. s. 



General aspect of a large T. icterana ; primaries 



shining golden stramineous, with faint indications of a 



few reddish reticulations ; a large triangular slightly 



