1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTEKA OF TENERIFE. 947 



its curiously aborted appearance, wliich recalls the form of Em- 

 hryonojisis Etn. and Hodegia Wlsm., both insular forms, and, in 

 the European fauna, the $ of Chimahacche Hb. 



47. (30-50"3) Ambloma brachyptera, sp. n. 

 (Plate LI. fig. 18.) 



Antennae dark greyish fuscous, the basal joint hoary white. 

 Palpi greyish fuscous externally, hoary white on their inner sides, 

 and around the apex of the median joint. Head and Thorax 

 hoary white, the latter with grey sprinkling. ForevAngs hoary 

 white, profusely sprinkled with dark stone-grey scales, but devoid 

 of pattern ; a slight spot of ochreous suffusion on the cell a little 

 before the middle of the wing ; cilia hoary whitish, with a slight 

 admixture of grey, esj^ecially about the tornus. Ex2). cd. 9 mm. 

 Hindioings whitish grey ; cilia pale grey. Abdomen ochreous ; 

 anal tuft hoary Avhite. Legs whitish, dusted with brownish grey, 

 the tarsi faintly banded. 



Tijpe S (99007) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. Tenerife : Guimar, 6. III. 1907. Unique. 



Found under leaves of Lotus sessili/olius, on the black sand 

 of the coast near Puerto Guimar. No other specimen seen. 



24. (348'01) CHERSOGENES, gn. n. 



(xep'7oyei'//s = bred on dry land.) 



Type Ghersogenes victimella AVlsm. 



Antennae 1, simple in c? ; without pecten. Maxillary Palpi 

 moderate. Labial Palpi extending fully three times the length 

 of the head beyond it ; median joint thickly clothed above and 

 beneath, the lower scales projecting nearly half the length of the 

 slender, erect terminal joint, beyond its base. Haiistellunx 

 moderate. Head and Thorax moderately smooth. Forewings 

 narrow, elongate, lanceolate, with sti^aightened costa and slightly 

 curved dorsum tapering to a point : neuration 12 veins; 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to termen ; rest separate. HindAvings as broad as the 

 forewings, considerably shorter, but much the same shape ; cilia 

 Ig : neuration 8 veins; 6 and 7 long-stalked; 3 and 4 long- stalked.. 

 Abdomen smooth, somewhat flattened ; uncus and claspers strongly 

 developed, Legs^ hind tibiae slightly hairy. 



This genus is most nearly allied to Epanastasis Wlsm., l3ut 

 differs in the structure of the palpi. 



48. (3022-01) Ghersogenes victimella, sp. n. 

 (Plate LI. fig. 17.) 



Antennae dark brownish fuscous. Palpi hoary whitish, sprinkled 

 with fuscous scales on their outer sides. Head and Thorax 

 cinereous, dusted with fuscous. Forewings pale cinereous, 



