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PSORICOPTERA, Stamtoii. 

 - Psoricoptertt / JnrsHtcUa, n. s. (PL XII., fig. 29). 



Capite aliquot hirsuto-griseo ; haustello mediocre, 

 squamato. Palpis labialibus griseis fusco striatis et 

 irroratis articulo secundo late fasciculate, articulo 

 apicali erecto tenui paulum squamato. Antennis fuscis. 

 Alis anticis scabris dilute griseo-ochraceis undique fusco 

 suffusis et irroratis ; flocco basali submediali erecto fusco 

 et flocco post medium supra marginem dorsalem sub- 

 ochraceo. Posticis et abdomine cinereis. 



Head slightly rough, grey. Tongue moderate coarsely 

 scaled. Labial palpi mottled and irrorated with greyish 

 fuscous, with the second joint thickly and widely tufted 

 beneath ; the apical joint erect, slender, slightly scaled. 

 Antennae fuscous, with the basal joint scarcely thickened. 

 Fore wings pale greyish ochreous, almost entirely suffused 

 or sprinkled with dark fuscous, with numerous scattered 

 tufts of raised fuscous scales, of which the most promi- 

 nent and conspicuous is at the base of the wing slightly 

 below the middle. Immediately above the dorsal 

 margin, and beyond the middle of the wing, is another 

 conspicuous tuft of scales of the pale ground colour. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with a slender pale ochraceous 

 line at the base of the cilia. Abdomen cinereous. The 

 posterior pair of tibiae hairy. Expanse, 20 mm. 



One specimen in Mr. Gooch's collection. 



In neuration it differs only slightly from Psoricoptcra 

 yibbosclla, Zell., in which species the fork of the apical 

 vein is nearer to the cell, and the position of the veins 

 about the anal angle is somewhat different. 



GELECHIA, Zeller. 



Gelechia rescissella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 

 Vetens. Akad., 1852, 110 ; Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., 

 B. M., xxix. 628. 



... G. zetterstedtiella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 

 Vetens. Akad., 1852, 110; Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., 

 B. M., xxix. 628. 



Gelechia zulu, n. s. (PI. XII., fig. 30). 



Capite dilute ferrugineo. Palpis tenuibus albidis 

 externe aliquot infuscatis. Thorace brunneo-fusco, 



