GELECHIAD2E. 
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whitish mostly suffused fuscous, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen 
whitish, more or less greyish or fuscous dorsally towards base of 
segments, 3 basal segments pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings 
brownish irregularly mixed fuscous and whitish ; markings dark 
fuscous, viz. two or three suffused spots forming a transverse series 
near base, a more or less developed oblique suffused streak from 
costa at | to fold, small spots representing stigmata, plical obliquely 
before first discal, preceded and followed by small white spots; an 
irregular zigzag suffused white transverse shade at and cloudy 
white marginal spots round posterior part ©f costa and termen, 
space between these markings mostly suffused dark fuscous : cilia 
light greyish, towards apex suffused white and mixed fuscous and 
dark fuscous at base. Hindwings light bluish-grey, rather thinly 
scaled; cilia light grey. 
Uralsk, Uralsk ( Bartel ) ; 3 ex. 
Phthorimaea melanoplintha, n. sp. 
S $ . 14-16 mm. Head, thorax pale greyish-ochreous speckled 
grey. Palpi whitish, second joint irrorated dark fuscous, terminal 
joint with basal and subapical rings of dark fuscous irroration. 
Forewings pale greyish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled dark grey 
and brownish; a blackish subquadrate blotch on costa before 
middle, reaching to fold, anterior edge little oblique, posterior 
extended with more or less developed dark grey suffusion to about |; 
more or less brown suffusion towards apex, with an undefined 
cloud of dark grey suffusion in disc towards apex, and three small 
spots on costa above this: cilia ochreous-grey-whitish sprinkled 
dark grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous. 
New Zealand, Hawkes Bay, bred January from larvae boring in 
stems of tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum) (Zh Miller), but presumably 
South American in origin. 
Phthorimaea horoscopa, n. sp. 
<$. 11 mm. Head whitish-grey. Palpi grey suffused dark 
fuscous. Thorax pale grey sprinkled dark grey. Forewings 
whitish-grey irrorated dark grey, slightly brownish-tinged in disc; 
base of costa mixed blackish ; a small spot of blackish suffusion on 
fold towards base; an oblique black streak/rom costa at |, reaching J 
across wing and enlarged in disc ; a blackish dot in disc just 
beyond this (first discal stigma); a short black longitudinal streak 
in disc beyond middle, its posterior extremity somewhat enlarged 
beneath ; an obtusely angulated whitish transverse streak at | ; 
apical area beyond this mixed dark fuscous, forming a small spot 
at apex: cilia whitish-grey, mixed dark grey round apex, tips 
whitish. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Kashmir, Srinagar, 5200 feet, July {Fletcher) ; 1 ex. Of marked 
European type, belonging to the group of species feeding on Caryc- 
pliyllaeece , perhaps nearest junctella. 
