(ECOPHORIDiE. 
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cloudy, grey, plical obliquely beyond first discal: cilia pale greyish- 
ochreous sprinkled grey. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Palestine, Jerusalem, October (P. H. Jolles ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Cryptolechia pateropa, n. sp. 
<3 . 20 mm. Head, thorax light brownish-ochreous. Palpi 
second joint light brownish-ochreous, anterior edge black, terminal 
joint whitish, with anterior and lateral black lines. Forewings 
moderate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen straight, little oblique; pale brownish-ochreous, trans¬ 
versely striated fuscous; second discal stigma forming a roundish 
blackish-fuscous blotch ; five black terminal dots, apical largest : 
cilia light shining brassy-grey, tips and a median line bronzy-brown. 
Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey. 
Brazil, Sao Paulo (R. Spitz ); 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). Group of 
dubitatella. 
Cryptolechia melicoma, n. sp. 
2 .16 mm. Head light ochreous-yellow. Palpi whitish, second 
joint with blackish streak on basal |. Thorax dark purplish-grey. 
Forewings rather elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; 7 to termen ; light 
grey, closely irrorated dark grey ; short broad costal, median, and 
dorsal darker grey streaks from base; stigmata obscure, dark 
fuscous, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal ; small obscure 
dark terminal dots : cilia pale grey, sprinkled darker. Hindwings 
and cilia light grey. 
(Sierra Leone, Njala, June (H . Hargreaves ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Cryptolechia nyctiphronas, n. sp. 
2 . 11 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous, apex of second joint and median ring of terminal joint 
dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, slightly dilated, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen rather oblique ; pale ochreous, 
some irregularly scattered brown scales, or slight brownish suffusion : 
cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia grey. 
Bengal, Dacca, bred October from larvae feeding on leaves of 
Barringtonia acutangula ( Lecythidacece ) (Bose) ; 4 ex. 
ISCKNOPHEHAX, n. g. 
Head smooth; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennae 1, 
scape moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 
second joint shortly rough-scaled beneath, terminal joint as long as 
second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Forewings 2 
from §, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 8-10 rather approximated, 11 
from middle. Hindwings f, lanceolate, cilia 2 ; 2 and 3 remote, 
4 and 5 stalked, 6 and 7 parallel. 
Apparently allied to the Lcmgastis group, but with abnormal 
neuration of hindwings. 
