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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
slightly arched, terraen rounded, somewhat oblique; pale brownish- 
ochreous, strewn fuscous scales and small striguhe; roundish 
ill-defined fuscous or dark fuscous spots in disc at J and and 
below middle; sometimes an elongate spot of ochreous-whitish 
suffusion beyond cell: cilia pale ochreous or whitish-ochreous, 
sometimes faintly barred fuscous irroration. Hindwings and cilia 
ochreous-white, sometimes tinged grey towards apex. Gfeuitalia : 
uncus double, separate at base and diverging, long, downcurved, 
pointed ; valva long, rather narrow, apex hardly dilated, rounded. 
2 . 32 mm. Forewings spots obscure, fuscous; hindwings 
light grey, cilia whitish, a grey subbasal line. * 
Brazil, Sta. Bita, Bio Preto, Joazeiro, Boquerao, Parangua; 
27 ex. (only l£) (type Vienna Mus.). Distinct by the whitish 
hindwings. 
Melasina autochthonia, n. sp. 
c?. 26-28 mm. Head light fulvous-brownish. Palpi with 
appressed scales, fuscous, terminal joint whitish-ochreous. Antennal 
pectinations 5. Thorax fitscous, suffused darker anteriorly. Fore¬ 
wings moderate, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 
obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; fuscous, obscurely and 
indistinctly mottled or strigulated darker fuscous, base somewhat 
darker-suffused, especially towards costa; indistinct small cloudy 
spots of darker suffusion beneath middle of disc and on end of cell: 
cilia pale fuscous, sprinkled darker, an antemedian line of darker 
irroration. Hindwings light grey, paler towards base, veins 
darker ; cilia pale whitish-grey, a grey subbasal line. 
$ . 32-40 mm. Forewings more elongate, more uniform, dark 
mottling almost obsolete, otherwise similar. 
India, Dehra Dun, 2000 feet, July (T. B Fletcher') ; 15 ex. 
(selected from about 50). Allied to meliphanes ; an obscure insect, 
but recognisable by its uniform appearance, size, and colour of 
head. 
Melasina xanthocrana, n. sp. 
<S . 21 mm. Head orange. Palpi short, rough-scaled, orange. 
Antennal pectinations 4. Thorax dark fuscous. Forewings elon¬ 
gate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 
rather obliquely rounded; 7 and 8 long-stalked, 7 to apex; fuscous 
suffusedlv strigulated dark fuscous ; base suffused dark fuscous ; a 
narrow oblique somewhat darker fascia indicated before middle ; 
a broader fascia of dark fuscous suffusion from beyond middle of 
costa to tornus; costal edge posteriorly tinged orange-yellow, with 
one or two small dark fuscous spots, and a transverse dark fuscous 
blotch just before apex ; cilia ochreous-whitish irregularly irrorated 
dark fuscous. Hindwings blackish-grey; cilia grey, a darker 
subbasal line. 
Uganda, Kampala, December; 1 ex. ( H . Hargreaves) (Brit. 
Mus.). Allied to secunclella Wals., but specially characterised by 
the orange head. 
