4 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 



The present expedition obtained 37 species not previously recorded in the Seychelles, 

 of which 17 are new to science ; 14 species previously recorded were not found*. 



On Aldabra some 40 species were added to previous lists, of which 4 are new*. 



In conclusion, I must express my indebtedness to Mr Ed. Meyrick for taking over 

 the Tortricina and Tineina and to Sir George Hampson for much kind assistance when 

 consulting the national collection. 



Note. Mr H. P. Thomasset has kindly offered to obtain for me a further collection 

 from the Seychelles. I have therefore refrained from describing poor specimens in the 

 expectation of better material. Also Mr R. P. Dupont, who has already been most kind 

 in sending me specimens from Assumption, is again visiting this island and, it is 

 hoped, Astove. Therefore it is proposed to issue a supplement to this paper, bringing 

 the Seychelles lists up to date and adding to those of Aldabra and the neighbouring 

 islands. 



Arctiadse. 



1. Celama squalida (Staud.). 



Nola squalida Stand., Berl. Ent. Zeit., xiv, p. 102 (1870). 



Celama squalida Hamps., Cat. Lep. Phal., ii, p. 24. 



Ten $ apparently referable to this species were obtained on Aldabra ; seven differ 

 from the type in that the antemedial line is more acutely angled and more strongly 

 marked. These specimens may ultimately be found to belong to a distinct species, but 

 in the absence of the $ I hesitate to describe them as new. 



Aldabi^a, 10 $. Spain, Syria, Madagascar, India, China t. 



2. Celama sp. ? 



A single fragmentary and worn ? of this genus was obtained in Silhouette, but its 

 species is quite indeterminable. 



3. Uema contorta, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 1, $) 



?. Antennae, with bristles and cilia ; head thorax patagia greyish fuscous ; palpi 

 and sometimes collar darker ; abdomen light fuscous. Fore wing with a large fold 

 extending forwards from below cell near vein 1, the apex of the fold on the underside 

 of wing nearly reaching the subcostal vein ; the colour light fuscous with the costal area 

 to fold more or less suffused with dark purplish fuscous. Hind wing yellow, somewhat 

 suffused with fuscous. Expanse 30 mm. 



This species must serve as the type of a new section of the genus Uema, near 

 section iii. B in the Cat. Lep. Phal., vol. ii, p. 132. 



Seychelles: Mahd, Cascade, 800 ft. ; xii. 1908—1. 1909 ; 6 $. 



4. Ilema sp. ? 



A further species of Uema i-emains to be determined. It is probably new, but in the 

 expectation of better material I pass it over for the present. 



* Excluding "micros." 



t The reference to each species is terminated by a summary of its geographical distribution so far as 

 at present recorded. 



