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tornus ; a marginal series of blackish dots round apex and termen : 
cilia white. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, a grey subbasal 
shade. 
China, Mokanshan, June; 1 ex. (Coll. Caradja). 
Odites laconica, n. sp. 
3 . 19 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi pale ochreous-yellowish. 
Antennal ciliations minute. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings 
moderately broad, termen nearly straight, little oblique ; white ; 
costal edge pale yellowish ; 2 or 3 small black marks or dots just 
before margin round apex : cilia white. Hindwings pale whitish- 
ochreous ; cilia white. 
Transvaal, Modderpoort, December; 1 ex. (Coll, Janse). 
Stenoma agrioschista, n. sp. 
3 2 • 20-21 mm. Head, thorax grey mixed white, face suffused 
white. Palpi white sprinkled grey, basal half of second joint, and 
base and subapical band of terminal joint suffused dark grey. 
Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 
obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked. 7 to costa ; light grey overlaid 
white, sprinkled dark fuscous; a short dark fuscous transverse 
mark from base of costa ; three irregular very oblique dark fuscous 
lines from costa, distinct on costal half, lighter and very indistinct 
on dorsal half, plical and second discal stigmata forming linear 
marks at end of dark portion of first two lines, third line in a 
2 example absorbed into an elongate costal spot; some terminal 
dots or marks more or less distinctly indicated : cilia light grey 
mixed white. Hindwings 3 and 4 rather short-stalked; light 
grey ; cilia whitish or grey-whitish, a grey subbasal line. 
Texas, Alpine, 5000-8000 feet, April to July ; 8 ex. Nearest 
Jiumilis but quite distinct. 
SPHALEROST0LA, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts rough; ocelli inferior ; 
tongue developed. Antennas §, 3 shortly ciliated, scape moderate, 
scaled, without pecten. Labial palpi rather long, recurved, second 
joint thickened with dense appressed scales, terminal joint as long 
as second, rather thickened with scales, pointed. Maxillary palpi 
short, filiform, porrected. Anterior tibiae short, thickened with 
rough scales, tarsi shorter than tibiae, rather stout; posterior tibiae 
with dense rough scales above. Forewings 2-4 closely approxi¬ 
mated at base from near angle, 2 and 3 near and parallel throughout, 
4- 8 parallel, 8 from upper angle, 9 and 10 stalked from very near 
8, 9 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, 
cilia §; without cubital pecten ; 3 and 4 short-stalked from angle, 
5- 7 parallel, 7 to below apex, 8 remote, running from near base of 
cell to just above apex. 
A singular form, allied to Claclophantis. 
