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EXOTIC MICKOEEriDOPTERA. 
ochreous-whitish. Forewings 7 and 8 connate; dark fuscous* 
' sprinkled minute ochreous-whitish dots; stigmata represented by 
obscure spots of darker suffusion, plical obliquely before first discal: 
cilia fuscous* speckled ochreous-whitish and dark fuscous. Hind- 
wings 5 and 6 stalked ; grey; cilia light grey. 
Fiji, Labasa, August (Greenwood); 3 ex. Type in Frit. Mus,. 
Tinea verna, n. sp. 
5 . 14 mm. Head, thorax light ochreous-grey. Palpi grey* 
tip whitish. Forewings light greyish-ochreous obscurely sprinkled 
grey, towards cofeta anteriorly with p-urple reflections ; stigmata 
moderately large, cloudy, dark grey, plical rather obliquely before 
first discal: cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, base slightly sprinkled 
grey. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 
Fiji, Suva, bred September from case-bearing larva ( Wright } ; 
1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). Larval case (sent) 12 mm. x 4 mm., widest 
before middle and rather narrowed towards extremities, rather 
flattened, formed of silk covered with grains of excrement, dust, 
and refuse. Probably a domestic species. 
Tinea citrocoma, n. sp. 
<$ $ . 20-37 mm. Head light yellow. Palpi rather short, dark 
fuscous. Antennse 1, ochreous-whitish. Thorax dark purplish. 
Abdomen light yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; glossy greyish-ochreous, faintly violet-tinged* 
speckled fuscous; costa suffused dark purple-grey towards base : 
cilia concolorous with wing, fuscous speckling forming darker lines 
towards tips. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate or closely approximated 
at base ; bronzy-grey ; cilia light grey. 
Kumaon, Muktesar, 7000 feet, May; Sikkim, Kurseong, 5000 feet, 
April ( Fletcher ) ; 6 ex. Best distinguished from sacerdos by the 
dark thorax. 
Tinea protaxia, n. sp. 
cT. 28-36 mm. Head orange. Palpi ochreous, towards tip 
whitish-tinged. Antemue pale ochreous. Thorax ochreous-yellow, 
anterior margin narrowly dark fuscous. Abdomen light yellow- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, termen rounded, rather strongly 
oblique ; ochreous-yellow : cilia concolorous. Hindwings rather 
dark grey, subdorsal hairs pale ochreous ; cilia pale ochreous. 
Belgian - Congo, Lufonso It., N.E. of L. Mweru, 5700 feet, 
February (Barns) ; 2 ex. 
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Epactris alcaea, n. sp. 
c? . 13 mm. Head, .palpi, thorax blackish, patag’ia pale ochreous- 
yellow except shoulder. Antemue ochreous-whitish. Forewings 
elongate, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 
