OECOPHORIDiE. 
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veins and margins blackish; a moderately broad blackish bar on 
transverse vein ; space between 2 and 3 blackish at base ; cilia 
dark grey. 
Siam, Upper Pran R., at light, April (TU. JR. 8. Ladell ) ; 4 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.). 
Melittia hyaloxantha, n. sp. 
3 . 31 mm. Head pale fulvous mixed blackish, hairs projecting 
between antennae. Antennae black with rows of white specks, 
apex light grey-reddish in front. Palpi white, a blackish lateral 
line. Thorax tawny partly mixed or suffused grey dorsally (injured). 
Abdomen blackish, slender yellow rings at apex of segments above 
and beneath. Middle tibiae yellow, beneath black banded white, 
tarsi black mixed white beneath; posterior tibiae black, on inner 
side whitish-yellow, some light red hairs at apex, tarsi black, a 
yellow patch below near base. Forewings yellow-hyaline ; veins 
and margins blackish, sprinkled fulvous and pale yellowish scales : 
cilia grey. Hindwings yellow-whitish-hyaline, veins and terminal 
line black ; cilia grey. 
Belgian Congo ( Evans ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
OECOPHORIDiE. 
Triclonella anachasta, n. sp. 
3. 9 mm. Head grey, face pale iridescent-grey. Palpi 
ochreous-whitisli, anteriorly dark grey. Thorax dark fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, costa faintly sinuate, towards apex moderately 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; dark 
purplish-fuscous; a moderate irregular-edged whitish-ochreous 
fascia near base, leaving costal edge dark fuscous : cilia grey, tips 
pale. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia dark grey. 
Brazil, Parintins, October ( Parish ); 1 ex. 
Paratheta astigmatica, n. sp. 
3 . 11-12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark grey speckled white. 
Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; white irrorated dark fuscous, appearing 
grey: cilia grey speckled white. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 
cilia grey. 
Texas, Alpine and Fort Davis, 5000 feet; New Mexico, Bent, 
7000 feet; March, April, October, 4 ex. Agrees fully in structure 
with the Australian genus Paratheta. 
Borkhausenia sensilis, n. sp. 
3. 10 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi white, seoond joint 
grey except apex, terminal joint with grey median band. Antennae 
serrate, ciliations 3, fasciculated. Thorax grey. Forewings 
2 h 2 
