TINEIDJS. 
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Tinea eriochrysa, n. sp. 
5. 8 mra. Head, palpi, thorax white. Forewings white; 
a minute black dot beneath costal edge near base; a rather oblique 
golden-brown fasciate blotch from dorsum before middle reaching 
| across wing edged with a few black scales; pale golden-ochreous 
suffusion along posterior half of costa broadening posteriorly, slightly 
speckled dark grey, two very oblique fine white strigulse in anterior 
end of this, each preceded by a minute blackish oblique strigula, 
a small golden-fulvous apical spot, some dark grey speckling beneath 
it: cilia white, on costa pale golden-ochreous. Hindwings and 
cilia whitish-grey. 
Brazil, Obidos, September ( Parish ) ; 1 ex. 
Tinea contributa, n. sp. 
$. 13 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi dark grey. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; white ; markings ill-defined, brown, irregularly 
sprinkled or mixed blackish; a longitudinal streak from base of 
costa through middle of disc to apex ; very oblique streaks from 
costa at middle and | running into this; black subdorsal spots near 
base and at 3 , latter placed in a short oblique brownish streak ; 
indistinct very oblique streaks from dorsum at | and tornus, not 
reaching median streak ; some irregular irroration along termen : 
cilia white, above apex irrorated dark brown, on termen some 
brown scales at base. Hindwings light brownish-grey ; cilia pale 
greyish-ochreous. 
Japan, Tokio, July (S. IssiJci ); 1 ex. 
Tinea subcuprea, n. sp. 
S . 9 mm. Head ochreous-brownish, hairs in centre of crown 
darker brown. Palpi, antennae pale ochreous. Thorax bronzy- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely roundod ; bronzy-ochreous, with purplish 
reflections : cilia bronzy-greyish-ochreous. Hindwings coppery- 
bronze ; cilia light grey. 
Peru, Iquitos, May; Brazil, Teffe, December ( Parish ); 2 ex. 
Suggests Tineola hiselliella , but is a true Tinea , with well-developed 
folded maxillary palpi. 
Tinea ampkitrite, n. sp. 
2 • 16-18 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous. 
Antennae grey. Thorax ochreous-whitish, tegulae dark purple- 
grey. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, 
apex pointed, termen obliquely rounded; silvery-whitish, but 
appearing pale grey in certain lights: markings grey with light 
blue reflections, irregularly sprinkled blackish; a basal patch 
extending on costa to crossing fold but not reaching dorsum, 
edge rather inwards-oblique from costa; a moderate slightly curved 
vol. iv.— March 1932. 
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