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SIR GEORGE HAMPSON ON THE 



(1) *Mesodiphlebia DELIQUELLA. 



Anerastia deliquella Zell. Isis, 1848, p. 861 ; Rag. Rom. Mem. 

 viii. p. 413, pi. 45. f. 5. 



Anerastia trinotella Berg, An. Soc. Arg. 1885, p. 275. 

 Argentina. 



(2) tmesodipiilebia crassivenia. 



Anerastia crassivenia Zell. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvi. p. 251, 

 pi. xii. f. 52 (1881); Rag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 415, pi. 40. f. 16. 

 Colombia. 



(3) Mesodiphlebia stricticostella. 



Mesodiphlebia stricticostella Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, 

 p. 260 ; id. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 413, pi. 40. f. 15. 

 N. Nigeria ; Sudan. 



(4) i" Mesodiphlebia rosella. 



Calera rosella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 53 (1896) ; id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 412, pi. 52. f. 7. 

 Madras, Nilgiris. 



(5) fMESODIPHLEBIA OCHRACEELLA, sp. 11. 



5 . Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen white suffused with brownish ochreous. Fore wing 

 uniform brownish ochreous. Hind wing white with a faint 

 ochreous tinge. 



Argentina, Corrientes, Goya (Perrens), 1 $ type- Exp. 

 20 mm. 



Auctorum. 



Calera albicostella Grossbeck, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.xxxvii. 

 p. 134 (1917) U.S.A., Florida. 



Genus Tampa. 



Type. 



Tampa Rag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 19 (1887) dimediatella. 



Proboscis aborted and small ; palpi obliquely upturned to well 

 above vertex of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi well 

 developed and dilated with scales; frons smooth; antennae of 

 male ciliated. Fore wing long and narrow; the costa highly 

 arched, the apex rounded, the term en very oblique ; vein 2 from 

 close to angle of cell ; 3 and 5 separate, 4 absent ; 6 from below 

 upper angle; 9 and 10 absent ; 11 from close to 8. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 3 and 5 strongly stalked, 

 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 7 to 

 near apex. 



