"936 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [ISTov. 26, 



Algeria: Port National, Algiers, 1. XI. 1892 {Eaton); Azagga, 

 2. IX. 189.3 {Eaton) ; Lac Houbeira, 3. YII. 1896 {Eaton). 

 Canaries — Tenerife : Guimar, Cistus monspeliensis, 26. II. 

 excl. 4. Y - 3. YI. 1907 {Wls7a.). 



33. (2749-1) Telphusa schizogynae, sp. n. (Plate LI. fig. 12.) 



Antennae black, dotted with white throughout. Pa^n., ter- 

 minal joint longer than the smoothly and compactly clothed 

 median ; pinkish white, with two slender black lines running 

 throughout the length of the terminal, and a black patch on the 

 outer side of the median joint at its base. Head iridescent, steely 

 whitish. Thorax black, shaded with brownish ochreous at the 

 sides. Forewings steely whitish, suffused with bluish grey to 

 two-thirds from the base, and again narrowly around the apex ; 

 at the extreme base is a short bi'ownish ochreous patch, externally 

 bounded by a black dorsal streak, and separated from the casta 

 by black ; there are two black discal spots, one before the middle, 

 one at the end of the cell — the first of these preceded by a similar 

 spot on the fold below it ; the outer edge of the blue-grey shading- 

 is straight, except for the outer discal spot projecting- through it ; 

 apex and cilia white, the latter with a faint median shade. 

 Exp. al. 14-16 mm. Hindioings abruptly and deeply excised 

 below apex, veins 3 and 4 separate, 5 approximate to 4, discoidal 

 weak, 6 and 7 stalked ; tawny grey ; cilia paler, with a lighter 

 line along their base. Abdomen and Legs tawny grey, the tarsi 

 pale-spotted. 



Ty2)e 6 (98997) ; $ (98998) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. Tenerife : Puerto Orotava, in galls on stems of 

 .ScMzogyne'sericea, 21. lY - 16. Y, excl. 25. lY, 10-30. Y, 3-30. 

 YI, 2-10. YII, 19. YIII. 1907. Fourteen specimens. 



A distinct species, perhaps most resembling fugitivella Z. 

 4- lyellella Crt., but larger. The median joint of the palpi is too 

 smooth to be described as " thickened with rough scales beneath," 

 but the clothing of this joint is variable in the genus Telphusa. 

 Bred from larvae feeding in a swelling on the stems oi Schizogyne 

 sericea : these galls are abundant on the plant, but their numbers 

 are likely to be somewhat misleading as to the abundance of 

 the species, for not only are they for the most part empty galls 

 belonging to many previous seasons, but a very large projjortion 

 of the living larvae are afTected by parasites — indeed I have been 

 able to rear only fourteen specimens from at least 150 galls 

 collected. 



34. (2749-2) Telphusa canariensis, sp. n. (Plate LI. fig. 15.) 



Antennae mealy white, annulate with fuscous. Paljn mealy 

 white, with two blackish annulations on the terminal joint, and 

 tAvo oblique blackish bars on the outer side of the median. Head 

 and Thorax mealy white, the latter slightly sprinkled with fuscous. 

 Foreivings mealy white, sprinkled, and almost sufi'used locally. 



