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segment under 1 ; pale grey, a black submedian ring. Legs grey, articulations 
of segments, and a median band on tibia whitish, posterior tibia grey 
above. Fore wing with veins 3 and 4 absent, 5 and 9 almost connate with 
stalk of 7 and 8, from acute angle of cell, 6 out of 7 before 8 ; whitish-grey, 
becoming white posteriorly, basally finely retinate and somewhat suffused 
with fuscous-grey, hardly bronze-tinged, this ret.ination gradually becoming 
a coarser irroration posteriorly, on posterior fourth of wing forming a 
coarse blackish irroration extended over basal half of cilia and terminated 
by a broad black median line, cilia beyond this and along dorsum pale 
fuscous-grey. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 absent, cell open between 
3 and 6; pale grey slightly tinged fuscous, with a silvery gloss, cilia pale 
fuscous-grey. 
Uncus with elongate blunt lobes, bristly at inner side. Socii absent. 
Gnathos, a rounded bristly knob. Valva elongate, rather slender, top 
rounded, unarmed; basal process of sacculus small, compressed. Saccus 
large, triangular. Anellus elongate, apical lobe moderate, erect-triangular, 
bristly. Aedoeagus rather long, moderate, base slightly thickened. (Slide 
no. 1054 D, type.) 
Letterbox Camp, 3600 m, August 30, 1938. One specimen. VVe see no 
reason in separating this species from Elachista. The neuration in both 
wings is much reduced for this genus, but this situation is not exceptional: 
the configuration of veins in the present species is, in fact, identical with 
that of Elachista bifasciella Treitschke, from the mountains of Central 
Europe. 
SCYTHRIDAE 
Scythris Hubner, 1826 
Scythris Hubneb, 1826, Verz. bek. Schm., p. 414. 
Galanthici Hubneb, 1826, ibidem , p. 417. 
Butalis Treitschke, 1833, Schmett. Eur., vol. 9, part 2, p. 108 (praeocc.). 
Copida Sodoffsky, 1837, Bull. Soc. Ent. Mosc., vol. 10, No. 6, p. 95. 
Enolmis Duponchel, 1846, Cat. Meth. Lep. Eur., pp. 340 — 341. 
Bryophaga Ragonot, 1874, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1874, pp. CCXLII — CCXLIII. 
Arotrura Walsingham, 1888, Insect Life, vol. 1, pp. 116 — 117, figs. 22 a— c. 
Colinita Busck, 1907, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc., vol. 15, p. 139. 
Apostibes Walsingham, 1907, Ent. Montlil. Mag., vol. 43, p. 57. 
Scythris solitaria spec. nov. (fig. 748) 
$ 10 mm. Head pale yellowish-ochreous, densely mixed with dark 
fuscous. Antenna dark fuscous, scape pale yellowish-ochreous. Palpus 
pale yellowish-ochreous, base of median segment and terminal segment 
except base suffused with fuscous. Thorax brownish-fuscous. Abdomen 
rather dark fuscous. Legs pale yellowish-ochreous. suffused with fuscous 
except articulations of segments and tips of spurs, posterior tibia with 
basal third whitish. Fore wing broadly lanceolate, costa gently curved 
