MEYRICK— TORTRICINA AND TINEINA 269 



in ocellus; a whitish streak along termen, bifurcate on costa and interrupted beneath 

 apex : cilia bluish-leaden-grey, with a blackish basal line, tips whitish. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 stalked; dark grey; cilia grey. 

 Aldabra; two specimens. 



7. Eucosma temenitis, n. sp. 



£$. 9 — 10 mm. Head whitish-ochreous tinged with rosy. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joint with a lateral streak of dark fuscous irroration, terminal joint whitish. 

 Thorax pale ochreous more or less suffused with rosy or grey, with a dark grey transverse 

 post-median band. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, without 

 fold, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique; pale ochreous slightly tinged 

 with rosy, with a few scattered blackish scales ; basal patch large, dark grey sprinkled 

 with black, containing a pale ochreous and grey mark on dorsum near base, and edged 

 by a thick curved blackish line ; median area sometimes much suffused with whitish ; 

 central fascia represented by a moderate deep ochreous streak running from |- of costa to 

 dorsum before tornus, suffused with blackish towai-ds costa, curved or angulated inwards 

 above middle ; apical area beyond this irregularly clouded with dull rosy and leaden-grey, 

 especially towards tornus, with a quadrate blackish subapical spot connected by bars 

 with apex and middle of termen: cilia dark bluish-grey. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 stalked; rather dark grey; cilia grey. 



Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons and forest above it, in September; six specimens. 

 Allied to the preceding, though very distinct. 



Bactra Steph. 



8. Bactra legitima, n. sp. 



?. 14 — 16mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous or ochreous-whitish, palpi 2^. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, 

 oblique; pale ochreous, partially slightly sprinkled with pale greyish and pale ferruginous, 

 veins more or less marked with lines of blackish scales; costa shortly and closely 

 strigulated with whitish, edge irrorated with blackish between the strigulae ; costal §■ 

 undefinedly suffused with ochreous-whitish ; lower angle of cell sometimes marked with 

 a cloudy whitish dot preceded by slight ferruginous suffusion; terminal edge irrorated 

 with black: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey; cilia grey-whitish. 



Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons plateau, and south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 1000 — 

 1500 feet, in August and September; two specimens. 



Argyroploce Hueb. 



9. Argyroploce illepida Butl. ( = carpoph<tg<t Wals.) 



Mahe, Cascade Estate ; one specimen. A species now widely distributed in South 

 Africa, the Indo-Malayan region, and Australia, doubtless artificially spread ; the larva 

 feeds in fruits of Cassia, Feronia, Nephelium, and doubtless other trees. 



10. Argyroploce aprobola Meyr. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate, Morne Blanc, Mare aux Cochons district; Silhouette, Mare 

 aux Cochons plateau and south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 800 — 1500 feet; from August 



