TINEIDJS. 
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Melasma isopoca, n. sp. 
R • 26 mm., 2 34 mm. Head, palpi yellow-ochreous. An¬ 
tennal pectinations J 5, $ 1, loosely scaled. Thorax fuscous, 
crest suffused pale ochreous. Forewings rather elongate, moderate, 
posteriorly dilated, termen rounded, rather oblique; light fuscous, 
transversely reticulated darker, costal edge tinged ochreous; an 
obscure spot of darker suffusion beneath middle of disc: cilia pale 
ochreous mixed fuscous. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia pale 
ochreous, a grey subbasal line. 
Belgian Congo, Rutchuru, Kivu, April ( T . A. Barnes), 2 ; 
Uganda, Kampala, May (Hancock), <$ ; 2 ex. These are un¬ 
doubtedly conspecific. 
Melasma obtrectans, n. sp. 
<4 . 31-34 mm. Head deep brown, face suffused whitish-brown. 
Palpi dark brown, tip whitish. Antennal pectinations 6. Thorax 
fuscous somewhat mixed whitish, tegulse mixed dark fuscous, a 
blackish stripe adjoining these. Forewings rather elongate, some¬ 
what dilated, termen rather obliquely rounded; fuscous suffusedly 
mixed darker, irregularly strewn small spots and striguke of black 
irroration ; a broad undefined streak of blackish suffusion along 
fold, mixed with white marbling towards base and interrupted 
before middle of wing by an irregular white spot containing two or 
three black marks ; some small subcostal spots separated with white 
before middle of wing; three or four patches of whitish marbling 
on costa from to apex ; a white dot on end of cell; some irregular 
whitish marbling along dorsum, at torn us sending an irregular 
rather incurved white streak upwards to apex, some white irroration 
or marbling between this and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous 
barred fuscous with whiter bars on outer half. Hindwings rather 
light brownish-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, more whitish on outer 
half, a light grey antemedian shade. 
2 . 66 mm. Head brownish-ochreous. Thorax fuscous. Fore¬ 
wings much more elongate, costa more arched, termen more 
oblique ; pale fuscous, darker markings on costa and 011 posterior 
half of wing obscurely indicated as in J , but wholly without 
white scales : cilia light fuscous obscurely sprinkled darker. Hind¬ 
wings and cilia grey, tinged ochreous dorsally. 
Kanara, Supa, April, 1 1 $ ; Bombay, Dharwar, April, 2 
(Maxwell). 
Melasina vorticosa, n. sp. 
S • 32-34 mm. Head with whitish hairscales suffused fnseous 
or dark fuscous towards base. Palpi grey or dark grey, tip whitish. 
Antennal pectinations 5. Thorax fuscou.3, irrorated ochreous- 
whitish, a blackish line on each side adjoining, tegulse. Fore wings 
rather elongate, slightly dilated, termen rounded, oblique; light 
fuscous or whitish-fuscous, variably sprinkled darker ; un irregular 
patch of dark grey suffusion on dorsum towards base ; a thick dark 
grey streak along costa from base to near |, thenc 1 continued 
