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EXOTIC WICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
marginal specks round apex and termen : cilia grey, at apex a 
darker subbasal shade. Hindwings grey; an ochreous-whitish 
hairpencil from base lying along costa ; cilia grey. 
Fiji, Labasa, Kabulu, August ( Greenwood) : 3 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Persicoptila phoenoxantha, n. sp. 
$ . 12-13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ochreous-yellowish. Pos¬ 
terior tibiae rose-pink barred dark grey. Forewings crimson mixed 
or suffused dark grey ; base ochreous-yellow ; a moderately broad 
somewhat oblique ochreous-yellow fascia beyond middle narrowed 
towards dorsum; apex orange-yellow : cilia round apex pale orange, 
towards tornus light grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Fiji, Labasa, September, October ( Veitch ); 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). 
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Ascalenia armigera, n. sp. 
. 9 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous 
slightly sprinkled whitish. Forewings whitish-ochreous; base 
rather narrowly dark fuscous, edge blackish ; a moderate streak of 
rather dark fuscous suffusion along costa from ^ to apex, including 
a white dot at |; stigmata moderate, black, plical -rather before 
first discal; slight fuscous suffusion towards dorsum posteriorly : 
cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings dark grey; cilia greyish. 
Fiji, Labasa, November [Greenwood) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Ascalenia subcrocea, n. sp. 
S . 7 mm. Head, thorax greyish irrorated darker, face ochreous- 
whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, terminal joint speckled blackish 
anteriorly. Forewings greyish, tips of scales dark grey, forming 
a fine transverse striation; stigmata large, blackish-grey, plical 
beneath first discal; small cloudy grey-whitish opposite costal and 
tornal spots at |, apical area beyond this darker-suffused : cilia 
ochreous-gre} r -whitish, base mixed dark grey. Hindwings grey- 
whitish, apex yellowish-tinged ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 
Egypt, Aswan, March ( Hayward ); 1 ex. 
ELACHISTIDtE. 
Elachista putris, n. sp. 
<y . 8 mm. Head grey, face whitish. Palpi dark grey, extreme 
tip of second joint whitish. Thorax dark grey. Forewings lanceo¬ 
late ; dark purplish-grey irrorated blackish, posteriorly slightly 
whitish-speckled ; a narrow irregular-edged slightly oblique 
ochreous-while fascia before middle, on costa narrower and with 
some blackish scales; an irregular-edged ochreous-white spot with 
some blackish scales on costa at f, and a small similar spot or dot 
on doisum wholly before it: cilia grey, within a blackish post¬ 
median line irrorated blackish and speckled white. Hindwings dark 
grey; cilia grey. 
Puxjae, Murree, 7500 feet, May (. Butt ) ; 2 ex. 
