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EXOTIC MICHOLEPIDOPTEKA. 
iEGERIADiE. 
Algeria astyarcha, n. sp. 
3 . 16 mm. Head, thorax deep indigo-blue, side of face white. 
Palpi smooth, dark blue-grey, internally white. Abdomen deep 
indigo-blue, slender white apical rings on 2, 4, 6, ventral surface 
with irregular white apical rings on all segments, broadest on 4. 
Forewings purple-hyaline ; veins dark fuscous ; a moderate deep 
indigo-purple costal streak terminated by vein 9 ; a slender dorsal 
streak, moderate bar on transverse vein slightly narrowed down¬ 
wards, and moderate terminal fascia with broad-triangular pro¬ 
minence inwards on upper portion dark fuscous : cilia dark gre} r . 
Hindwings iridescent-hyaline ; veins and very slender marginal 
line round apex and termen dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 
Uganda, Kampala (Hopkins) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
ISOCYLINDRA, n. g. 
Head smooth ; ocelli large, posterior; tongue developed. An¬ 
tennae |, stout, hardly attenuated basally, ending in minute 
hairpencil, simple, scape very short. Labial palpi moderately long, 
curved, ascending, second joint thickened with scales, somewhat 
rough anteriorH, terminal joint much shorter, smooth, acute. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Abdomen stout. Posterior tibiae 
smooth-scaled. Fore wings 2 from angle, 2-6 equidistant, 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to apex, 9-11 from near angle. Hindwings over 1, 
elongate-ovate, cilia J ; 2 from J, 3 and 4 connate from angle, 
5 absent, 6 and 7 parallel. 
Isocylindra melitosoma, n. sp. 
3. 21 mm. Head dark indigo-blue-grey, face silvery-white. 
Palpi dark grey, upper part white anteriorly except tip. Antennae 
blackish. Thorax purple-blackish. Abdomen golden-yellow, 2 basal 
segments purple-blackish, hairs at base of sides black and white. 
Legs deep purple, spurs white. Fore wings deep indigo-blue, 
mixed black in cell; a short hyaline streak beneath base of cell: 
cilia dark greenish-grey. Hindwings amber-hyaline ; veins, a band 
along posterior half of costa, a bar on transverse vein, space between 
veins 2 and 3, and terminal edge deep purple; cilia dark grey. 
Uganda, Kampala, October ( Hopkins ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Paranthrene cyanogama, n. sp. 
3. 30 mm. Head purple-blackish, sides of face violet-white, 
hair round mouth white. Palpi blackish, anteriorly grey irrorated 
white, posteriorly white towards base. Antennae black, fasciculate- 
ciliated. Thorax dark prismatic-blue-grey, hairs on side of meta¬ 
thorax pale greenish. Abdomen purple-blackish. Legs dark 
indigo, anterior tibiae very broadly expanded with long dens© hair- 
scales. . Forewings black, cell and subdorsal area suffused deep 
