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Picroxena scorpiura n. sp. 



C? Q 10 mm. Head white, face and palpi deep ferruginous. Thorax 

 ferruginous, patagia and a posterior spot white. Abdomen çf rather dark 

 grey, 9 ochreous-brownish. For e wings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 slightly arched, apex pointed, termen somewhat sinuate, very oblique ; white, 

 with some scattered scales or strigulae of dark fuscous irro ration ; posterior 2 / n 

 of costa suffused with ferruginous-brown and marked with oblique white 

 strigulae separated by blackish marks; a light ochreous or greyish- 

 ochreous trapezoidal patch extending along anterior half of dorsum and 

 reaching more than half across wing, posterior edge outwards-oblique 

 from dorsum and marked by a deep ferruginous or dark fuscous streak 

 preceded by some similar dorsal strigulation ; a semioval dark fuscous 

 blotch extending along posterior third of dorsum, separated from preceding 

 by a white bar containing a dark fuscous stria; three or four fine dark 

 fuscous dashes on veins towards apex ; a small black apical dot edged 

 anteriorly with ferruginous and then by a fine silvery-white line continued 

 along upper half of termen : .cilia white, on costa light greyish-ochreous 

 with a strong ferruginous projecting apical hook, tornal area light greyish. 

 Hindwings grey, darker towards apex; cilia light grey, at apex with a 

 blackish-grey basal dot. 



Java, Pekalongan (van Deventer); two specimens. 



GELECHIADAE. 



Gelechia prasinoleuca n. sp. 



9 13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, basal half and subapical ring 

 of second joint, and subbasal ring and subapical band of terminal joint 

 blackish. Thorax white, anterior margin blackish. Abdomen whitish, 

 becoming greyish towards apex. Forewings rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; white, 

 somewhat speckled with grey towards margins, disc suffused with light 

 green; two black marks on basal portion of costa and one on base of 

 dorsum ; a black dot in disc at l / é ; an oblique black fasciate streak from 

 ! /g of costa to fold, a subdorsal tuft of raised scales beneath this ; a small 

 black spot on middle of costa; an inwards-oblique black blotch on costa 

 at 2 / 3 , reaching half across wing: cilia grey-whitish, with two rows of 

 scattered blackish specks. Hindwings with apex pointed, termen sinuate; 

 whitish, posterior half suffused with light grey; cilia grey- whitish. 



Java, Preangor, 5000 feet (Sythoff) ; one specimen. 



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