. tA.Hypargyrui metalliferella 



88 PYEALIDB. 



4381. Hypargyria metalliferella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 9; Mon. Phyc. 



p. 123, pi. iv, fig. 22 ; C. $ S. no. 4565. 



Ochreous brown in-orated with grey ; male with the anal tuft 

 jet-black. Fore wing tinged with vinous red ; the costal area 



broadly suffused with 

 white ; two dark specks at 

 base of costa ; a broa I 

 ochreous antemedial band, 

 with a ridge of raised 

 vinous scales before it ; 

 traces of a dark speck at 

 upper angle of cell, and 

 of an oblique submarginal 

 line. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline, the veins darker; the apical area opalescent; a dark 

 marginal line. Underside with black spots below the thickenings 

 of costa and vein 12; the outer half of fore wing and apical area 

 of hind wing brilliant silver in the male. 



Hob. W. and E. Africa; Punjab ; Ceylon. Exp. 17-22 millim. 



4382. Hypargyria ferrella, n. sp. 



2 . Ferruginous brown, with slight ochreous irroration. Fore 

 wing with traces of pale sinuous medial and submarginal lines ; 

 a dark costal fascia from the medial line to apex ; slight dark 

 streaks on the veins beyond lower angle of cell. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline white ; the margin tinged with ochreous. 



Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 18 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus MYELOIS. 

 Myelois, Hiibn. Verz. p. 371 (? 1818). 



Type, M. crihrella, Hiibn., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, and thickly scaled ; 

 maxillary palpi filiform ; frons thickly scaled ; tibiae smoothly 

 scaled, the outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Fore wing 

 rather long and narrow ; the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with 

 the cell half the length of wing ; vein 2 from well before angle j 

 3 from angle ; 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



In the typical section the antennae of male are ciliated. 



SECT. II. Antennae of male bipectinated, with short branches 

 for about two-thirds length. 



4383. Myelois pectinicornella, n. sp. 



cJ . Grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing with the veins 

 streaked with fuscous ; a dark-edged irregularly dentate ante- 

 medial grey line ; a discocellular band ; a minutely dentate sub- 



