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Subfamily PYRAUSTINAE. 



Mecyna insulicola, n. sp.(?) 



(Insulicolus, inhabiting an island). 



9 , 35 mm. Head and thorax fuscous with some 

 ochreous-whitish admixture. Palpi 4 ; fuscous, basal half of 

 under-surface white. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 yellow, paler beneath. Legs whitish suffused with reddish- 

 ochreous; anterior pair more reddish. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, cost a straight to §, thence strongly arched, apex 

 rectangular, termen nearly straight, only slightly oblique; 

 fuscous irrorated with whitish, more densely so in posterior 

 part of disc; an ill-defined oblong dark-fuscous spot on mid- 

 dorsum ; a large transversely oval dark-fuscous spot beneath 

 midcosta; an interrupted dark-fuscous line represented by 

 dots on veins from § costa, bent inwards below middle to join 

 dorsal spot; terminal area tinged with dark red; cilia fuscous 

 mixed with dark red. Hindwings ochreous-yellow, a dark- 

 fuscous apical blotch prolonged by a narrowing process to mid- 

 termen, containing some reddish scales; cilia ochreous, bases 

 fuscous on apex of wing. Underside ochreous with large 

 reddish blotch prolonged along costa and termen on both 

 wings; forewings with an oblique fuscous mark on end of 

 cell. One example. 



This species presents a difficulty. It is very distinct from 

 the Australian 31. ornithopteralis, Gn. (which, however, is 

 almost, if not quite, identical with the European M. poly- 

 gonalis), in which there is always a complete dark terminal 

 band on the hindwings. On the other hand, it is very nearly 

 similar to some examples of the American M . reversalis, but 

 unless this species has been artificially introduced (which 

 seems barely possible) it can hardly be identical. The most 

 satisfactory way of dealing with the difficulty would probably 

 t>e to regard all four forms as one species. 



Family TINEIDAE. 



Subfamily OECOPHORINAE. 

 Elaeonoma phaeopasta, n. sp. (<£cuo7rao-Tos, darkly sprinkled). 



d and 9> 15-17 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish; in male with extremely long 

 ciliations (8). Thorax pale fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous, 

 apices of segments and tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish with a few pale-fuscous scales. Forewings not 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 oblique, scarcely rounded ; ochreous-whitish with patchy 

 fuscous irroration more marked in male, especially in 



