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@ Antenne grey; head and thorax silvery slate grey ; abdomen slate grey, 
Forewing slate grey, an oblique antemedian white band and 2 subterminal white 
lines, disc between oblique band and basal subterminal line except on costa and 
in cell variegated with greyish white. Hindwing silvery grey, whiter towards 
base, fringe white. 
Length of forewing ; 11 mm, Expanse : 24 mm. 
Habitat—1 9°, Menjil, March 1919, P. A. B. 
95. Zophodia suberastriella, sp. nov. 
¢ closely allied to erastriella, Rag., but much greyer, less rufous. 
Differs principally in having the curved oblique black antemedian line stopping 
short in cell and the postmedian line more sinuate and more strongly angled. 
Length of forewing: 9mm. Expanse: 20 mm. 
Habitat—Enzeli, Caspian, June 1919, 12, P. A. B. 
95a. Eurhodope buxtoni, sp. nov. 
3 Nearest to monogrammos, Zell, but smaller and without metallic fringe 
and submarginal line. Uniform mouse grey ; fringe of forewing and marginal 
lines of both wings darker. 
Habitat—1 3, Amara, June 1918, P. A. B. 
Length of forewing : 8 mm. Expanse: 18 mm. 
Pyraline. 
96. Bostra marginalis, sp. nov. 
: ? Antenne black partially ringed with white; head and thorax blackish 
purple brown, slightly sprinkled with clay colour; abdomen purple brown, 
sprinkled with yellowish wood brown. 
Forewing sooty brown black, a pale antemedian angled band, a row of pale 
spots along costa, a black stigmatic patch at end of cell, a sinuate strongly 
dentate greyish buff postmedian line, termino-subterminal area beyond this 
line yellowish wood grey with a smoky line and terminal row of black dots in 
it. Hindwings silky wood brown paler on basal half, an indistinct yellowish 
median band, fringe yellowish grey, terminal line brown. 
Length of forewing: 10-13 mm. Expanse : 22-23 mm. 
Habitat—Amara, 19, November 1918, P. A. B.; 22 9, August-Septem- 
ber 1916, B.-T. (Type). 
97. Dattinia argentalis, Hmpsn. 
62 9, Amara, September 1918, P. A. B. 
98. Daittinia canifusalis, Hmpsn. 
1d, 19, Amara, May 1918, P. A. B.; 1, Kizil Robat, March 1919, 
BoD. P. 
99. Dattinia simplicialis, sp. nov. 
2 Antenne, head, thorax and abdomen chalk white. Forewing chaik 
white, a patch running in from apex to end of cell, a spot at end of cell, 
terminal line, and outer 2 of inner margin very pale buff. Hindwing silky 
white with pale buff terminal line. 
Length of forewing: 12 mm. Expanse: 27 mm. 
Habitat—Amara, June 1918, 19, P. A. B. 
There is a 2 of the species mixed up with Jeonalis, Oberth, in the British 
Museum from Elkantara, Algeria. 
100. Dattinia affinis, sp. nov. 
Q Nearest to poliopastalis, Hmpsn., in pattern, but with shorter rounder 
wings more like vulgaris, Butl. 
Differs from poliopastalis in lacking all blue-grey tints, in having a snow 
white not buff first abdominal segment, in the antemedian band of forewings 
being much broader and straight not angled in the white markings of forewings 
being much closer together, and in the quadrate brown terminal markings not 
row of terminal black spots. 
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