HN LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
trapezoidal, apex produced, hardly ácute, termen oblique, slightly bisinuate ; 2-4 separsto, ?* Pr 
ximated to 6, cell open between 4 and 5, 7 separate. : 
Remarks. — This and the two preceding genera are remarkable for the great reduction. T the 
labial palpi, which is a quite abnormal feature in this family ; it appears to have some association with 
the gall-feeding habit. ; 
Geographical distribution of species. — North African. 
Larva feeding in stem-galls of variable form. 
Pupa not protruded from gall in emergence. 
Foodplant Limoniastrum (Plumbaginaceae). d Nd 
1. S. pulverosella, Chrétien, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 142 (1908). — — Algeria. - 
4. GENUS OECOCECIS, GuENÉE | 
Oecocecis, Guenée, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 14 (1870). — Type : Ov. guyonclia, CNMES 
Characters. — Head with appressed hairs; ocelli small, just posterior ; keen usc 
Antennae 3/4, in c slender, serrulate, shortly ciliated, basal joint rather short, stout, with strong dense 
pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, subascending. second joint with dense rough projecting ift 
beneath, terminal joint short, pointed, projecting little from hairs of second. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 
Posterior tibiae clothed with rough projecting hairs above and beneath. Forewings with 2-4 remote, 
5 connate with: 7 from angle, 6 out of 7, 7 to costa, 8and 9 out of 7, 11 from 2/3. Hindwings 1, el ong 
tapezoidal, apex somewhat produced, tolerably pointed, termen alighily bisinuate, cilia 1 1; De j 
nearly parallel, 4 from angle, 6 and 7 stalked. b uot 
Remarks. — Probably a development of Afatetris. 
Geographical distribution of species. — Mediterranean. 
Larva very active, feeding in fusiform or subglobose galls on stems. 
Foodplant Limoniastrum (Plumbaginaceae). 
1. Or. guyonella, Guenée, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 14, pl. VII, f. 1- Eo — S. Europe, N. Africa, 
PI. I, Fig. 4. e i cd : 
5. GENUS APATETRIS, STAUDINGER 
Apatetris, Staudinger, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. Vol. 15, p. 316 (1880). — — Type: A. miralala pm 
Dactylota, Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 19, p. 23 (1875) (praeocc.). — Type : 4.  kinkerella,  Snel n 
Epiphthora, Meyrick, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. Vol. 2o, p. 77 (1888). — Type. A. melanombra, Meyrick 
Calyptrotis, Meyrick, Ent. M. Mag. Vol. 27, p. 56 (1891). — Type : A. alphitodes, Meyrick. y 
Didactylota, Walsingham, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 522 (1891). — Type : A. kinkerella, Snellen.- 
Stenopherna, Lower, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Australia, Vol. 25, p. 78 (1901). — Type: A. chionocephala, B 
Lower. ; 
Proactica, Walsingham, Ent. M. Mag.Vol. 40, p. 268 (1904). — Type: 4. halimilignella, Walsingham. e 
Cecidophaga, Walsingham, Ent. M. Mag. Vol. 47, p. 189 (1911). — Type : 4A. famaricicola, — 
Walsingham. : f VON 
