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EXOTIC AIICROLEP1DOPTEKA. 
rather broad straight oblique almost basal fascia ; a moderate or 
broad rather oblique median fascia, anterior edge abruptly ex¬ 
cavated above and below middle, posterior edge with strong 
projecting median lobe or prominence, its upper side swollen at 
base; a rounded blotch on costa towards apex; three or four 
elongate marks on termen, the white margin extending all round 
termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half brownish on markings. 
Hindwings and cilia whitish-ochreous, more or less tinged or 
suffused grey. 
New Britain, Witu I., July ( Eichhorn ); 3 ex. 
Melasina lavata, n. sp. 
B . 18 mm. Head white. Palpi grey, becoming white towards 
apex. Antennal pectinations 3. Thorax whitish, anteriorly sprinkled 
dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate-oblong, costa gently 
arched, more strongly towards apex, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded; white, slightly speckled fuscous ; a grey band occupying 
costal third to about -i, its lower edge spotted blackish irroration on 
anterior half; groups of scanty blackish irroration on fold near base 
and beyond middle, and in disc beyond cell, small blackish dots 
indicating discal stigmata; a terminal series of blackish dots : cilia 
white. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey. 
Sudan, Wad Medani, July (H. B. Johnston ); 1 ex. 
Melasina zalomorpha, n. sp. 
J. 20 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint tinged 
grey except apex. Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax white, 
tegulae with a few fuscous specks. Forewings rather elongate, 
hardly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded; whitish-grey, on terminal third grey slightly sprinkled 
dark fuscous; a streak of white suffusion along fold, with groups 
of irregularly scattered blackish scales before and beyond middle; 
a small white spot on end of cell, margined posteriorly with 
irregular black irroration: cilia fuscous-whitish, light fuscous 
median and apical shades. Hindwings fuscous irrorated darker; 
cilia ochreous-whitish, two light fuscous shades. 
Sudan, Sinkat, October (AT. B. Johnston) ; 1 ex. Though some¬ 
what resembling the preceding, it is not allied to it. 
Melasina melicrana, n. sp. 
c 3 . 20 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish. Palpi dark fuscous, 
apex of second joint tinged yellowish. Antennal pectinations 4. 
Thorax dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique; 
fuscous, obscurely and suffusedly strigulated with dark fuscous 
irroration; obscure blotches of darker suffusion beneath middle of 
disc and on end of cell (cilia injured). Hindwings rather dark 
fuscous. 
Sudan, Gedaref, June ( Hussein Abdel-Rahmari) ; 1 ex. Perhaps 
near trepidans. 
