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EXOTIC MICROLEPLDOPTERA. 
a rather oblique spot of dark suffusion from costa to this, plical 
and second discal obscurely indicated: cilia grey, speckled whitish 
round apex. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
S. Rhodesia, Bulawayo, December ; 3 ex. (type Coll. Janse). 
Blastobasis chloroptris, n. sp. 
3 . 9 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 
second joint dark fuscous except tip, rather short, not much 
thickened, terminal joint moderate, pointed. Antennae with sub- 
basal notch, scape broadly dilated, pale yellowish. Thorax whitish- 
ochreous, slightly sprinkled grey. Forewings rather narrow, 
attenuated from middle to apex, costa almost straight; light fuscous 
(whitish-ochreous irrorated fuscous), basal whitish-ochreous; 
discal stigmata black, distinct, an additional dot beneath second; 
apex of wing mixed dark grey : cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Malaya, Serdang, reared May from Coffea (Corbett ) ; 1 ex. 
(Brit. Mus.). A distinct species; larva probably a refuse-feeder. 
a 
Blastobasis nephelophaea, n. sp. 
$. 17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark grey. Forewings elongate, 
eosta gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; dark grey; two darker transversely placed 
dots on transverse vein hardly perceptible: cilia grey. Hindwings 
and cilia grey. 
Formosa, Ranrun, March ($. Issiki) ; 1 ex. The most obscurely 
marked species of the genus. 
ASAPHOCRITA, n. g. 
Differs from Hohocerci only by the labial palpi; these are 
moderately long ( £ longer), slightly curved, obliquely ascending, 
second joint thickened with scales roughly expanded above at apex 
(more strongly in $ ), terminal joint ^ of second, slender, acute. 
Asaphocrifa protypica, n. sp. 
3 $. 18-21 mm. Head, thorax white variably irrorated 
fuscous and dark fuscous. Palpi grey, terminal joint and apex 
of second irrorated white. Antennae 3 with deep subbasal notch, 
ciliations nearly 1. Forewings rather narrow, costa posteriorly 
gently arched, apex pointed, teimen extremely obliquely rounded ; 
whitrf irrorated fuscous and dark fuscous, more suffusedH in 3 ; 
a more or less developed straight transverse fuscous fascia at I, 
preceded by whiter suffusion ; two blackish dots transversely 
placed on end of cell: cilia pale grey. Hindwings light grey ; 
cilia pale oehreous-grey. 
New Mexico, Bent and Mesealero, 7000 feet, October; Texas, 
Fort Davis, 5000 feet, October ; 15 ex. 
