928 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [l!s"ov. 26, 



smeared with pale brownish ochreous. Forewings whitish ochreous, 

 suffused with very pale brownish ochreous, leaving the neuration 

 faintly indicated by slender lines of the paler ground-colour, 

 scarcely noticeable, except towards the apex ; a slight suffusion of 

 fawn-brown from the base of the costa reaches to about one-third, 

 with a group of scales, indicating a spot, below the costa near its 

 termination ; a plical spot is placed below and a little beyond this, 

 and there is also a similar fawn-brown spot, rather more conspi- 

 cuous, at the end of the cell ; cilia pale ochreous, with a very faint 

 dividing shade-line. Exp. al. 23 mm. Hindwings tawny grey ; 

 cilia very pale brownish ochreous. Abdomen grey. Legs pale 

 ochreous ; tarsi unspotted. 



Type rf (98309); (98310) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. TENERIFE: La Laguna, 11. V. 1907. Two specimens. 



The $ in fine condition, the 2 not quite so good ; found below 

 the large leaves of wild Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), shelter- 

 ing on the ground from a high wind. It is near torridella Mn., 

 but much paler and quite distinct. 



11, (321) SITOTROGA Hnm. 

 22. (2902) SITOTROGA CEREALELLA Oliv 



Alucitacerealella Oliv. Enc. Meth. IV. (Ins. I.). 121 no. 15 (1789) 1 . 

 Sitotroga cerealella Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894. 537, 544 

 no. 32^; Ubl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 89 no. 172 (1894) 3 : 

 XXI. 44 no. 215 (1906) 4 : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 157 no. 

 2902 (1901) 5 ; Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 496 no. 5552 

 (1902) 6 ; Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. XXIX. 286 no. 50 (1904) 7 : 

 Jr. Bomb. KH. Soc. XVI. 591 (1905) \ 



Hab. EUROPE 1 ' 4 . ASIA CEYLON 8 JAPAN (Pryer : Mus. 

 Wlsm.). AUSTRALIA 7 . N. AMERICA . Madeiras 2 - 

 MADEiRA 2 : Funchal (Wollaston) 2 . Canaries 2 "' TENERIFE 3 " 4 : IV. 

 1884 (Leech) ; Santa Cruz, 31. I. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; Puerto Orotava, 

 24. III. 1902 (Eaton); " on board SS. ' Gando '," 15. VI. 1907 

 (Wlsm.). 



Taken at Santa Cruz, and on board ship when coming home. 



12. (320-1) PRAGMATODES, gn. n. 



(xpayfjict T wt)s = troublesome. ) 

 Type Pragmatodes fruticosella Wlsm. 



Antennae -f, slightly serrate, somewhat thickened in c? ; bawd 

 joint without pecten. Maxillary Palpi very short, % connivent. 

 Labial Palpi recurved, moderate, median joint smoothly scaled ; 

 terminal joint shorter than median. Haustellum moderate. Head 

 And Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, gradually tapering to 

 apex : neuration 12 veins; 7 and 8 stalked, to costa, 6 out of 7 ; 

 rest separate, 1 furcate at base. Hindwings ( 1), costa and 

 dorsam almost parallel, apex strongly produced, termen oblique ; 

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