PTER0PH0RID2E.-BLAST0BASIDJ3. 
1 'f~ V 
1 / / 
straight, very oblique; pale ochreous ; an indistinct fuscous dot at 
base of cleft, and three on termen of second segment : cilia pale 
ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale ochreous. 
Uganda, Butandiga, January ( ff . Hargreaves ) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). Perhaps nearest the European giganteus , but smaller, apex 
of forewings not falcate, costal area without dark speckling. 
BLASTOBASXDAE. 
Auximobasis incretata, n. sp. 
S • 14 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitish, a few grey scales. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, slightly sprinkled grey, terminal joint | of 
second, rather stout, pointed. Antennae with basal notch. Fore- 
wings white, some scattered grey scales ; a spot of grey suffusion 
on base of costa; a clear white angulated fascia at preceded by 
. two or three dashes of dark grey irroration in disc and followed 
by triangular grey spots irrorated dark grey on costa and dorsum ; 
stigmata blackish, plical immediately beyond white fascia, first 
discal obliquely beyond this, second discal represented by two 
transversely placed well-marked black dots ; spots of grey suffusion 
on costa and tornus just beyond these, followed by pale fuscous 
suffusion towards margins and apex, with cloudy dark grey 
marginal dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 
whitish-grey, becoming ochreous-whitish towards tornus. Hind- 
wings grey ; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous. 
Pertj, Andes ; 1 ex. Allied to normalis . 
Blastobasis coenomorpha, n. sp. 
$ 2 • 14-17 mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi slender, grey. 
Antennae <S without notch, ciliations 1|. Forewings rather narrow, 
apex obtuse ; grey irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous, on posterior 
half more or less speckled white ; an undefined slightly curved 
fascia of white speckling, followed by more or less dark grey 
suffusion, first discal stigma cloudy, dark fuscous, on posterior edge 
of this; two cloudy dark fuscous dots transversely placed on end 
of cell, undefined cloudy blotches of dark grey suffusion on costa 
and dorsum just beyond these ; sometimes cloudy darker dots or 
marks on margins towards apex: cilia grey, slightly speckled 
whitish. Hindwings obtuse-pointed, rather dark grey ; cilia light 
grey. 
Canada, Toronto, Muskoka, June, July ( Parish ); 8 ex. 
Blastobasis indigesta, n. sp. 
,5 5'. 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark grey speckled 
whitish, palpi terminal joint | of second, moderate, acute. Antennae 
$ with subbasal notch. Forewings dark grey speckled whitish, 
irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous; first discal stigma blackish, 
vol. iv.— November 1931. n 
