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Aristotelia frankeni^, sp. n. 



Antenna delicatelj annulated with black and white. Palpi whitish, with two 

 blackish bands round the second joint and three on the apical joint. Head whitish- 

 cinereous. Thorax orange-ochreous, spotted anteriorly with coppery-bi-own. Fore- 

 wings bright orange-ochreous, a rich coppery-brown triangle reaching to one-third 

 of the costa from the base fills the space above the fold, and is margined obliquely 

 outward from the costa by a silvery-metallic band reaching to the fold, a few jet- 

 black scales on its inner edge near the lower extremity ; a similar silvery band 

 crosses the narrow end of the triangle near the base ; below the fold is a narrow 

 silvery line running outward from the base nearly to the dorsum ; a little beyond 

 the middle a silvery-metallic band crosses somewhat obliquely outward from costa 

 to dorsum, its upper extremity showing a few white scales and an elongate jet-black 

 spot lying at its outer edge about the middle ; another silvery band follows this, 

 inverted from costa to dorsum, but not touching the previous one, its costal extremity 

 distinctly white ; beyond this is a small white costal spot, with another at the apex 

 not reaching through the leaden-grey cilia ; the costa beyond the median fascia is 

 shaded to the apex between the markings with rich coppery-brown, a few metallic 

 scales are visible on the termen. Exp. al., 8 — 9 mm. Hind-wings somewhat 

 shining, pale grey ; cilia leaden-grey. Abdomen leaden-grey, banded with white 

 beneath. Legs cupreous, hind tibiae and tarsi banded with white. 



Type, S ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : CoESiCA, Punta Parata, lies Sanguinaires. Larva, Frank- 

 enia pulverulenta, 5, V. Imngo, 5, V — 22, VI, 1896. Eighteen 

 specimens. 



This species is nearly allied to Aristotelia hrizella, Tr., but is quite 

 distinct. T found it attached to Franhenia pulverulenta among the 

 rocks at Punta Parata and the lies Sanguinaires, near Ajaccio, at the 

 beginning of May. The moths were with difficulty disturbed from 

 among the matted growth of this low plant, on which I found several 

 larvae feeding among the shoots, closely collected together by their 

 webs ; from these larvse the moths emerged from the middle of May 

 until the end of June. 



(ECOPHORID^. 

 DEPliESSAEIA, Hw. 

 {SIGAN0B08I8, Wlgrn.). 

 Depbessaeia radiosquamella, sp. n. 

 AntenncB brownish-fuscous. Palpi pale cinereous, with two blackish bands on 

 the second joint externally, the apical joint almost entirely covered with blackish 

 scales, except at its apex. Head rosy-cinereous above, face shining whitish-cinereous. 

 Thorax pale cinereous, with a slight rosy tinge, tegulse shaded with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings pale cinereous, with a rosy tinge, smeared with fuscous, especially towards the 

 base of the fold and dorsum, beyond which are a number of slightly radiating, short, 

 blackish streaks following the line of the cell and the veins above and beyond it ; 



