HTPONOMEUTIDiE.-ELAC HISTID^i.- METAOHANDIDtE. 
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CECXDQSE8 Curt. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior; tongue rudi¬ 
mentary. Antennae S shortly ciliated, scape moderate, with 
strong pecten. Labial and maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings 1 b furcate, 2 from 
towards angle, 2 and 3 remote, 7 to costa, 7-10 rather near 
together, 11 from Hindwings without frenulum, shoulder 
prominent; 1, elongate-ovate, cilia | ; 2 from 3 and 4 almost 
connate, 5-7 rather approximated towards base. 
Cecidoses eremita Curt. 
<S . 24 mm. Head, thorax whitish-grey. Fore wings rather 
elongate, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, 
termen obliquely rounded; light grey irrorated darker, some 
scattered dark fuscous scales ; a cloudy fuscous spot on fold towards 
extremity: cilia pale grey, base darker-sprinkled. Hindwings 
light grey ; cilia pale grey, base darker. 
Argentina, Buenos Aires ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.), received from 
Zeller, probably the original type, which I take the opportunity to 
redescribe. 
ELACHISTTDiE. 
Elachista conhnnata, n. sp. 
c?. 7 mm. Head silvery-white, back of crown grey. Palpi 
blackish-grey, posteriorly whitish. Antennae blackish finely ringed 
white. Thorax black, posterior extremity and apex of tegulse 
white. Forewings blackish, slightly speckled whitish ; a narrow 
irregular white fascia at f-, angularly prominent posteriorly in 
middle, attenuated and indistinct on dorsum; a slightly oblique 
transverse white spot from costa at |, reaching rather more than 
half across wiug, and irregular tornal dot just before this: cilia 
pale grey, with black median line, within this sprinkled blackish. 
Hindwings narrow-lanceolate, grey ; cilia light grey. 
Madras, Palnis, Kodaikanal, 7000 feet, August ( T . B. Fletcher ); 
1 ex., fortunately in fine condition ; it approaches the European 
albifrontella. 
METACHANDlim 
Stereoptila diaphanta, n. sp. 
<5 . 12-13 mm. Head light grey, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi 
ochreous-whitish, second joint somewhat sprinkled grey, with 
blackish subapical ring, terminal joint with irregular blackish 
subbasal and subapical rings. Antennae ochreous-whitish ringed 
dark grey. Thorax whitish suffused grey. Forewings elongate, 
