TINEID2E. 
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MELANOZESTXS, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 
Antennae J, scape elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, 
recurved, scaled with minute appressed whorls throughout, hardly 
rough anteriorly, terminal joints as long as second, pointed. Max¬ 
illary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs 
above. Porewings with tufts of scales ; 2-5 parallel, 7 and 8 out 
of 0, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind wings narrow-lanceolate, 
cilia 6 ; 2 and 8 parallel, 4 absent, 5 parallel to 3, 0 and 7 stalked 
from near 5. 
Intermediate in characters between Leptozestis and Ascalenia. 
Melanozestis heterodesma, n. sp. 
2 . 8 mm. Thorax dark grey. Palpi blackish, margins of 
whorls minutely whitish. Porewings elongate-lanceolate; dark 
bronzy-grey, strewn with small distinct black raised dots; a some¬ 
what oblique fascia of blackish suffusion before middle, followed 
by a bar of whitish speckling ; some slight whitish speckling on 
apical third: cilia grey, round apex slightly speckled whitish. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Natal, Weenen, January ( Thomasset ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Mompha trithalama Meyr. 
Trinidad ; bred from galls on Clidemiapustulata ( Melastomacece ) 
(T . H . C. Taylor ). 
Batrachedra knahi Wals. 
B. enormis Meyr., described under a misapprehension, is a 
synonym of this. 
TINEIBiE. 
Tinea absolutrix, n. sp. 
2 . 10 mm. Head grey. Palpi, antenme, thorax dark grey. 
Porewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 
obliquely rounded ; deep purple, irrorated blackish ; a narrow erect 
white spot from dorsum towards tornus reaching half across wing : 
cilia dark grey, a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings dark 
purple-fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 
Peru, Jurimaguas, March (Parish); 2 ex. 
Tinea isocharis, n. sp. 
cJ . 16 mm., $ 20 mm. Head light fulvous-ochreous. Palpi 
fuscous, tip pale yellowish. Antennae light greyish. Thorax dark 
purple-fuscous. Abdomen light yellow - ochreous. Porewings 
rather elongate, slightly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex 
obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 d 
stalked, 2 separate ; clear yellow; a dark bronzy-fuscous basal 
patch occupying j of wing, edge straight, direct; a broad deep 
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