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of the outer end of the fold. ami about the termen ; a small 

 fuscous spot in the fold, scarcely before the middle of the wing, is 

 followed by a larger more elongate discal spot, scarcely beyond the 

 middle, another lying at the end of the cell ; a few of the scales 

 along the termen are tipped with fuscous, a slight sprinkling also 

 occurring along the middle of the greyish ochreous cilia. Exp. 

 al. 11-15 mm. HiiidiriiHjs pale bluish grey; cilia pale greyish 

 ochreous. Abdomen fawn-grey; anal tuft stone- whitish. Legs 

 stone-whitish. 



Type c? (98962) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. TEXERIFE: Santa Cruz, 8-14 II. 1907; Puerto Orotavn, 

 23. IV, 10. V. 1907. Five sporiim-ns. but only one in good 

 condition. 



This species differs from tristella Rbl. in having the antennae 

 annulate, and in the paler colour of its somewhat narrow fore- 

 wings ; moreover, although the spots are in the same position they 

 are unaccompanied in this species by the yellowish, or ochreous, 

 streaks which in tristella tend to connect and emphasise them. 

 The palpi appear to be also a little more slender. 



20. (2489-1) METZXERIA DICHROA, sp. n. (Plate LI. fig. 4.) 



Antennae whitish ochreous, speckled with black above. Palpi 

 whitish ochreous, more brownish ochreous on their outer sides. 

 Head whitish ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings 

 whitish ochreous, longitudinally smeared with pale brownish 

 ochreous below, above, and beyond the cell ; an elongate black 

 discal spot lies on the middle of the wing, followed by a smaller 

 one at the end of the cell and preceded by two, even less conspi- 

 cuous, groups of black scales on the fold and at the upper edge 

 of the cell respectively ; cilia whitish ochreous, with a slender 

 brownish line running through their middle. Exp.al. 14-16 mm. 

 Hindwings tawny grey ; cilia pale brownish ochreous. Abdomen 

 shining, pale greyish. Legs whitish ochreous. 



Type 6 (98304) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. TEXERIFE : Villa Orotava, in seed-heads of Carlina 

 salicifolia, 25. IV - 7. VII, excl. 3. VI - 18. VII. 1907. Four 

 specimens. 



Larva white, without markings. Head olivaceous blackish, 

 rather broadly edged with white on either side of the suture ; 

 pronotal plate indistinct, pale olivaceous. Long. 6 mm. Type 

 (98308: 7. VII.) Mus. Wlsm. 



Bred from larvae, collected April 25th, feeding in old seed- 

 heads of Carlina salicifolia Cav. in barrancos above Villa Orotova. 

 Allied to castiliella Mschl. 



" 21. (2490-1) METZXERIA MOXOCHROA, sp. n. 

 (Plate LI. fig. 5.) 



Antennae pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous ; brownish ochreous 

 on their outer sides. Head and Thorax pale ochreous, slightly 



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