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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
second at J-, strongest, rather oblique, third postmedian, direct, fourth 
at reduced to slight irroration, fifth towards apex, attenuated 
beneath; a whitish-yellow apical speck: cilia grey, basal half 
round apex dark purple. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 
Transvaal, Pilgrim’s Rest, May (Shea)-, 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Gracilaria clastopetra, n. sp. 
<J $ • 8-9 mm. Head light ochreous, slightly sprinkled grey. 
Palpi slender, oc-hreous-whitish, terminal joint with blackish basal 
and supramedian rings. Thorax dark purple-grey, pale-speckled. 
Porewings very narrow, pointed ; dark purple-grey, finely speckled 
grey-whitish : cilia grey, with series of blackish points. Hind- 
wings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Bombay, Karwar, bred January from larvae feeding on Clero- 
dendron infortunatum (Yerbenacece) (T. R. Bell)-, 8 ex., received 
through Mr. R. M. Maxwell. 
SCYTHRID^E. 
Scythris trivinctella Zell. 
Texas, Forestburg ; Arkansas, Hope ; June to August, 50 ex. 
These show much variability, and I consider that ceratci Wals. and 
nivisignata Wals. from Mexico (Biol. C. Am. iv, 322) are only 
varieties of trivinctella ; the three pale fasciae vary much in develop¬ 
ment, the basal one being sometimes reduced to a spot or forming 
a longitudinal streak which may connect with the second; the 
second varies from a complete fascia to a discal spot; the third may 
be a complete fascia, but more commonly has its lower half furcate 
and imperfect beneath; all intermediate forms occur. 
Scythris ejiciens, n. sp. 
^ . 9 mm. Head, thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous. Palpi 
grev. Forewings rather dark purplish-fuscous ; a whitish-ochreous 
streak along fold from base to beyond middle of wing; a roundish 
whitish-ochreous spot in disc at |: cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark 
grey; cilia fuscous. 
Peru, Cocapata, 12,000 feet; 1 ex. 
Scythris brachyplecta, n. sp. 
<$ . 19 mm. Head white centrally tinged greyish, collar mixed 
grey. Palpi white, second joint dark grey except apex, terminal 
joint anteriorly tinged grey. Thorax grey mixed whitish. Fore¬ 
wings white (overlying light grey), irregularly sprinkled fuscous ; 
an oblique streak of dark fuscous irroration from dorsum at ^ 
reaching half across wing : a short oblique dark fuscous mark 
from second discal stigma to termen : cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 
Hindwings 4 and 5 stalked; blue-grey-whitish; cilia whitish- 
ochreous. 
ISatal, Willowmore, August (Brauns); 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
