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and 4 of the fore wings short-stalked, differs in its ochreous, rather 

 than whitish, or greyish, colouring ; in its paler and more ochreous 

 hindwings, and in the absence of a dark shade along the outer 

 side of the median joint of the palpi, which are also somewhat 

 more slender in appearance. 



27. (347) EPIDOLA Stgr. 

 52. (3019) EPIDOLA STIGMA Stgr. 



Epidola stigma Stgr. Stett. Ent, Ztg. XX. 244 no. 93 (1859) x ; 

 Stn. Tin. S-Eur. 141, 152 no. 32 (1869) 2 ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 

 II. 162 no. 3019 (1901) \ 



Hob. S. EUROPE CORSICA : Punta Parata, Frankenia 

 pulverulenta, 7. YI, excl. 1. IX. 1899 (Wlsm.)', Ajaccio, Crilh- 

 mum maritimum, 10. YI, excl. 7. IX. 1899 (Wlsm.) S. SpAix 1 " 3 : 

 Chiclana, Quercus cocci/era, 1Y, excl. YI (Stgr.) x " 2 ; Coto, 

 Granada, Cistus, Helianthemiim, IY-Y. 1901 (Wlsm.). 

 N. AFRICA MOROCCO : Tangier, 029. II. 1902 (Wlsm.) ; Cape 

 Spartel, on palings, 14. IY. 1902 (Wl^m.) ALGERIA : Con- 

 stantine (Stgr.). Canaries TEXERIFE : Santa Cruz, on rocks, 

 30. I - 10. Y. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



I found, at different dates, six cases of this species on the rocks, 

 above the Hotel Quisisana at Santa Cruz, but failed to rear any 

 of them, repeating my previous experience as to the difficulty of 

 breeding it. From more than a hundred cases, collected at Granada, 

 not a single specimen emerged ; but the few cases previously found 

 in Corsica all produced the moth in due course. I am quite at a 

 loss to account for the failures. Similar cases are made by species 

 of the Australian genus Ocystola Meyr. (Oecophoridae). 



II. BLASTOBASIDAE. 



28. (351) BLASTOBASIS Z. 



Prof. Rebel recorded the occurrence of Blastobasis rosciddla Z. 

 in the Canaries [Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 90 no. 177 (1894)], 

 on the strength of a specimen (61060) received from me in 1893. 

 This was one of a series of seven specimens (61058-64) taken in 

 Tenerife, by the late Mr. J. H. Leech, in April 1885, and is now 

 recognised as Scythris fasciatella Rgt. (3536), vide no. 86, p. 973. 



53. (3054) BLASTOBASIS PHYCIDELLA Z. 



Oecophora (Scythris) phycidella Z. Isis 1839. 193 no. 35 \ Blasto- 

 basis phycidella Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 309 no. 2303 (1871) 2 ; 

 Mill. Cat. Lp. Alp-Mar. 346 (1875) 3 ; Hrtm. MT. Munch. Ent. 

 Yer. IY. 33 no. 2303 (1880) 4 ; Srhgn. Kleinschm. MBrndbo. 

 221-2 no. 305 (1886) 3 ; MP-FT. Nat. Sic. YIIL 187 (1889) u ; 

 Meyr, Ent. Mo. Mag. XXYIL 59 (1891) ~. Blastolasis ? phyd- 



