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A new species of Thiehla. 



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II.— A NEW SPECIES OE TINEID/E. 



(Oracilarla theivora, Wlsm., sp. nov.) 

 By lord WALSINGHAM, F.R.S. 



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Antenna, steel-grey, each joint spotted above with purple, basal 

 joint slightly enlarged, purplish. 



Zahial paljji, oehreous, the apical joint tipped with fuscous beneath. 



Maxillary palpi, yellow. 



Head, shining grey abovOj posteriorly iridescent purple : face shin- 

 ing yellow. 



Thorax and patagia, iridescent purplish cupreous. 



Fo7'e ivings, narrow, elongated, pointed, with rounded cilia; brilliant 

 shining purplish cupreous, with a series of slightly darker and ill-defined 

 streaklets along the dorsal margin from the base to the apex : a brilli- 

 ant shining yellow triangular costal patch commences at one-fourth from 

 the base and reaches to the middle of the wing, its apex is obtusely 

 truncate before reaching the dorsal margin ; cilia brownish grey, with a 

 paler line near their base. Under side, greyish-fuscous. 



Emd wings, greyish-fuscous; cilia steel-grey, with a slight irides- 

 cent lustre. Under side, greyish fuscous. 



Abdomen, greyish above, shining yellow beneath. 



Legs, anterior, — purplish fuscous, tarsi shining white, spotted above 

 at the joints with fuscous; posterior, — greyish fuscous above, tarsi in- 

 clining to oehreous, dark spotted above at the joints, spurs oehreous. 



Exp. al . 13| mm. 



