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EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTERA. 
( II. Hargreaves ), confirming my view (^expressed Exot. Micr. i, 
326) that this species is truly African in origin, and has been 
artificially introduced into the Antilles, probably with the food- 
supplies for cargoes of slaves in former times. 
Pyroderces haemodryas, n. sp. 
2 . 12-13 mm. Head, thorax rosy-brownish, face ochreous- 
whitish. Palpi second joint rosy-fuscous, terminal joint whitish 
with base, submedian, and subapical bands dark grey. Antennae 
white ringed dark grey, scape rosy-fuscous. Eorewings rosy-brown 
tinged grey dorsally; costal edge white towards base ; a darker 
reddish-brown streak from base occupying nearly costal half, at ^ 
leaving costa and narrowed to first discal stigma; stigmata dark 
fuscous, sometimes edged posteriorly with one or two whitish 
scales, first discal elongate, plical beneath first discal; costa infus- 
cated towards apex: cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey; cilia 
grey. 
Malay States, Kuala Selangor, bred May from larvae feeding on 
male flowers of Nijga fruticans ( Palmacece ) (G . H. Corbett) ; 3 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.). 
Stagmatophora niphochrysa, n. sp. 
<y . 11-12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, terminal joint with 
dark grey median ring. Antennae grey. Thorax pale golden- 
bronze, tip of tegulae white. Eorewings shining coppery-golden ; 
extreme base of wing, and dorsal edge towards base white; three 
snow-white costal spots at l, middle, and | reaching half across 
wing, first two transverse, third hemispherical, beneath these 
towards dorsum some irregularly placed undefined spots of raised 
prismatic scales ; a white apical dot: cilia light grey, at apex a white 
blotch on outer §. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Texas, Alpine and Fort Davis, 5000 feet, March, April; 3 ex. 
Limnoecia xanthotyla, n. sp. 
J . 13 mm. Head light greyish, sides of crown light orange- 
yellows Palpi grey, terminal joint light yellowush except towards 
base anteriorly. Thorax light orange-yellow. Eorewings orange ; 
extreme costal edge grey from base to J-; a slender dark grey 
dorsal streak from about ^ to middle of wing ; small dark grey 
spots in disc at J- and |, some irregular grey suffusion towards 
costa between these; a slight grey mark between and beneath 
them, and some slight grey suffusion towards apex; a small 
irregular dark grey praeapical spot: cilia grey, suffused orange on 
costa except towards apex. Hindwings and cilia grey. Eorewings 
beneath grey, with a streak of yellow-ochreous modified scales 
along tornal margin. 
Sox-omox Is., Florida {Meek) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). 
