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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Narycia nigricoma, n. sp. 
5 . 20 mm. Head, palpi dark fuscous. Thorax pale yellow- 
ochreous, anterior third dark fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa 
gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; pale grey, obscurely 
darker-freckled ; costa slenderly pale yellow-ochreous, extreme base 
dark fuscous; second discal stigma dark fuscous: cilia whitish- 
ochreous, outer half tinged grey. Hindwings grey; cilia grey- 
whitish, a grey subbasal line. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, April {Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Hus.). 
Ctenocompa perlucescens, n. sp. 
S'. 14mm. Head, palpi whitish-fuscous. Antennal pectina¬ 
tions 5. Thorax whitish-fuscous, suffused fuscous anteriorly. 
Fore wings termen obliquely rounded; pale greyish, discal area 
suffusedly mixed rather dark fuscous except a cloudy spot of whitish 
suffusion beneath middle, dorsal and terminal area transversely 
strigulated dark fuscous irroration, costal area greyer, with several 
darker strigulse anteriorly and three small darker fuscous spots 
posteriorly, first two subconfluent: cilia whitish-grey, base within a 
fuscous antemedian line barred fuscous. Hindwings dark grey; 
cilia light grey, a darker subbasal line. 
Natal, New Hanover, bred from a tolerably cylindrical case 
(10x3 mm.) of silk covered with irregular rather large fragments 
of bark {Hardenberg) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Melasina pelostrota, n. sp. 
<$ . 25-26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuscous, crown and shoulders 
darker fuscous. Antennal pectinations 3. Forewings elongate, 
termen rather strongly oblique ; fuscous, slightly sprinkled whitish, 
costal edge suffusedly darker: cilia light fuscous. Hindwings and 
cilia grey. 
S. Rhodesia, Shangani, October, November; 2 ex. (type Coll. 
Janse). 
Melasina tridentifera, n. sp. 
S . 23-24 mm., 5 30 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous, 
$ whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, basal half irrorated 
dark fuscous, $ whitish-tinged. Antennal pectinations 1, ending 
in tufts of cilia. Thorax pale yellow-ochreous, shoulders irrorated 
or suffused dark brown. Forewings moderately broad, termen 
obliquely rounded; ochreous-whitish, suffusedly striated or wholly 
suffused light ochreous, some scattered blackish specks; markings 
brown irrorated or strigulated blackish, in $ little expressed; a 
patch along basal fourth of costa, and some undefined marking on 
dorsal half beneath this; a moderate irregular antemedian fascia 
parallel to termen; a small dorsal spot towards tornus ; an irregular 
transverse streak about 4- widel} T trifurcate towards costa: cilia pale 
ochreous, two or three interrupted liues of fuscous irroration. Hind¬ 
wings grey; cilia pale ochreous, a greyish subbasal line. 
S. Rhodesia, Salisbury, Mazoe, Hopefontein, December, January ; 
