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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Cyprus, Limasol, December, January (Mavromoustalcis ); 5 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.). Very variable; near palcestinensis Reb. and 
syriaea Led.; the genus Denterotinea Reb., to which these and 
other species hav6 been assigned, is apparently not separable from 
Talceporia. 
Acrolophus irrisoria, n. sp. 
<3 . 22 mm. Head, thorax fuscous. Palpi extremely long, 
strongly recurved, reaching to beyond thorax, clothed with dense 
rough scales throughout, light brownish mixed dark fuscous. 
Antennas simple. Abdomen grey ; uncus moderate, down-curved, 
double, appressed to tip, pointed ; valves moderately broad, straight, 
somewhat narrowed, obtuse. Forewings termen obliquely rounded; 
2 and 3 stalked, 7 aud 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; brown, partially 
mixed darker suffusion, a few blackish scales ; some dark fuscous 
transverse strigulae scattered along costa ; obscure blotches of un¬ 
defined dark brown suffusion in disc before and beyond middle, and 
towards fold beneath middle : cilia greyish-ochreous slightly mixed 
fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Jamaica, Hope Gardens, May ( C . C. Gowdey ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Allied to rupestris. 
Acrolophus illndens, n. sp. 
3 . 20 mm. Head, thorax fuscous, pale-speckled. Palpi 
extremely long, strongly recurved, reaching to beyond thorax, 
clothed with dense rough scales throughout, fuscous, sprinkled 
grey-whitish. Antennae simple. Abdomen light grey; uncus 
moderate, rather down-curved, double, appressed at tip, pointed; 
valves moderately broad, slightly narrowed, faintly down-curved, 
apex rather obliquely rounded. Forewings 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 
8 separate, 7 to termen ; brown, scattered dark fuscous scales; 
dark fuscous transverse strigulae along costa and sometimes dorsum ; 
a suffused dark fuscous spot about fold at one rather obliquely 
beyond this in disc and tending to be suffused with it, one beneath 
middle of disc, and one in disc beyond middle : cilia pale brownish 
sprinkled dark brown. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Jamaica, Newcastle : 2 ex. Close to the preceding. 
Melasina interscissa, n. sp. 
3 . 25 mm. Head grey, scales tolerably appressed, face and 
sides of crown sprinkled whitish. Palpi 1|, loosely scaled, grey. 
Antennal pectinations 2|. Thorax light grey, patagia suffused 
white. Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewfings elongate, rather 
dilated, termen rather strongly oblique; grey almost wholly suffused 
whitish; veins partially marked grey lines with scattered black 
scales, three more distinct black lines in posterior part of cell, and 
