NEW SPECIES OF ARISTOTELIA. AND MICROPTERYX. 11 



not curved outward as in aletris where it bends inward nearly to the 

 torn us. 



MICROPTERYX, Hb. 



47761. Micropteryx corcyrella, sp. n. 



Antennae fuscous. Palpi shining steel-grey. Head ochreous 

 Thorax purplish fuscous. Forewiuf/s shining aeneous, with a purplish 

 tinge along the eosta and around the termen ; with two bright silvery 

 fasciae, the first at one-fifth of the wing-length, the second about the 

 ■middle, tending very obliquely outward from costa to dorsum — each of 

 these two fasciae is about half as wide as the space between them ; 

 beyond the outer fascia, half-way to the apex, is an inverted shining 

 silvery patch, at least as wide as the fasciae themselves, and reaching 

 about half across the wing ; cilia bronzy-grey, with a slight purplish 

 sheen along their base. Exp.al. 6'5mm. Hindwings ^hmmghtonzy, 

 darker than the aeneous forewings ; cilia bronzy-grey. Abdomen and 

 Lec/fi shining bronzy ; 3" genitalia strongly developed. 

 ^ Ti/pe $ (85880), Mus. Wlsm. BM. 



Hah. Corfu: Palaeocastrizza, 1872 (TT7s)».) Three specimens 

 (all c?s). 



Allied to herytella, Joann., but differing in the absence of a dorsal 

 .spot beyond the middle and of the costal spot before the apex, nor is 

 there any costal spot between the fasciae, moreover, the fasciae are 

 broader and more conspicuous. 



4778-2. Micropteryx erctella, sp. n. 



Antennae fuscous. Palpi shining pale aeneous. Head pale ^neous. 

 Thorax aeneous ; tegulae bright purple, which colour, however, does 

 not extend to the base of the forewings as in calthella, L. Forewings 

 shining aeneous, with an oblong silvery white costal spot at one-fifth 

 from the base, not reaching beyond the upper edge of the cell, its ex- 

 tension lateral, not perpendicular ; an outwardly curved, almost angu- 

 late, silvery fascia at about the middle reaches the dorsum at a point 

 further removed from the base than its origin on the costa ; pointing 

 inward toward the middle of this fascia is a broader silvery costal 

 patch, extending over half the breadth of the wing — these are the only 

 markings in the <? , and they occur also in the 2 , thus differing from 

 urmicella, Sep. — the curved fascia separates it from exiiiiiella, Z. ; cilia 

 pale fuscous with a brassy sheen. FJxp. al. g- 7mm., J 6mm. 

 Hindivings pale fuscous with brassy sheen ; cilia the same, but duller 

 (more purplish) toward the wing-base. Abdomen fuscous above, 

 shining steel-grey beneath. Legs, hind tibiae fuscous, tarsi paler. 



Types ( ); 2 ( )• Mus. Wlsm. B.M. 



Hab. Sicily : Monte Pellegrino, Palermo, 13-23, iii., 1918 {Wlsm..). 

 Ten specimens (8 (? s, 2 $ s). 



The ancient Latin name of Monte Pellegrino was Ercta. 



4778-3. Micropteryx uxoria, sp. n. 



Antennae fuscous. Palpi cinereous. Plead clothed with yellowish 

 hair-scales. Thorax bronzy ; tegulae rich purple. P'oreicings greenish 

 brassy, with two complete silvery fasciae and an inverted costal patch ; 

 .the first fascia straight, at about one-fifth from the base ; the second 

 fascia, leaving the costa at about the middle, is sometimes slightly 



