304 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 



Tinea Linn. 



109. Tinea milichopa, n. sp. 



<j>. 13 — 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous. Antennae f. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; brownish-ochreous ; basal area mixed 

 or strigulated with white ; seven fine oblique white strigulae from costa between f and f , 

 first three uniting with a patch of whitish suffusion or confluent strigulse beneath costa ; 

 a series of gradually diminishing white strigulae from middle of dorsum to middle of 

 termen ; a transverse bar of dark fuscous or blackish suffusion before apex, with two or 

 three minute white dots : cilia whitish, round apex with basal third brownish-ochreous 

 finely tipped with dark fuscous, at apex with a brownish-ochreous bar. Hindwings pale 

 grey with brassy reflections ; cilia whitish. 



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

 1500 feet, in August and September; three specimens. 



110. Tinea trochcea, n. sp. 



$%. 8 — 9 mm. Head dark fuscous, face grey or whitish. Palpi whitish, second 

 and terminal joints each with blackish median band. Antennas almost 1. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with whitish posteriorly. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; all veins separate ; brown, finely sprinkled with black ; a broad streak of black 

 suffusion along costa ; basal fourth sprinkled with white, towards dorsum suffused with 

 white and sprinkled with black ; a rather oblique white median fascia formed of confluent 

 strigulse, expanded towards costa ; a broader fascia of black suffusion from f of costa 

 to tornus, sprinkled with white dots in disc, expanded on tornus, towards costa marked 

 with three very fine oblique greyish lines ; a small white spot on termen beneath apex, 

 and one or two white dots or strigulae above this : cilia white with two black lines, 

 beneath apex with a wholly white patch, beneath this suffused with dark grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Mahe, near Morne Blanc and Cascade Estate, 1000 feet ; Silhouette, Mare aux 

 Cochons plateau and south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 1000 — 1500 feet; from August to 

 October and in February, twenty specimens. 



111. Tinea coronata, n. sp. 



#?. 9 — 11 mm. Head dark fuscous, face more or less mixed with whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, internally whitish-ochreous. Antennae almost 1. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, marked posteriorly with white suffusion. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 all veins separate ; dark fuscous ; basal third strigulated with white on costa and dorsum, 

 and mixed with white in disc ; seven fine oblique white strigulae from costa between 

 f and |-, first three connected with an irregular white patch or group of suffused strigulae 



