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pointed stripe occupying dorsal area from base to tornus, its upper 
edge rather expanded beyond middle: cilia light ochreous-yellow, 
on costa blackish-grey and forming an apical depressed hook, beneath 
tornus grey. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, January (E. Hargreaves ); 1 ex. (Brit. 
Mus.). This strikingly characteristic member of a large South 
American genus is very interesting. 
Chelaria mycetinopa, n. sp. 
2 . 14 mm. Head dark grey, face whitish-grey. Palpi grey, 
second and terminal joints each with two darker grey bands, second 
joint with large rounded rough tuft beneath, terminal joint expanded 
with rough scales posteriorly. Thorax dark grey. Pore wings 
narrow, costa slightly arched, more strongly near obtuse apex, 
termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 separate; rather dark 
fuscous ; basal | and a moderate direct postmedian fascia dark grey 
slightly sprinkled whitish ; beyond | a fascia of whitish suffusion, 
extended on dorsum to postmedian fascia; a narrow slightly 
metallic grey fascia at |, and an angulated metallic-grey marginal 
streak round apex, between these a blackish spot towards costa and 
twQ grey-whitish dashes beneath it: cilia grey, above apex with 
blackish subbasal line and three posterior rows of dark grey points, 
beneath tornus a few dark grey scales. Hindwings dark grey ; 
cilia grey. , «, 
.Fiji, Yunidawa, March ( H . Phillips) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Clielaria leptopalta, n. sp. 
<4 . 17 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 
rather dark grey except apex, with short triangular tuft, terminal 
joint nearly twice second, thickened posteriorly towards middle, 
sprinkled fuscous, with dark fuscous oblique subbasal and median 
rings. Thorax grey-whitish mixed light grey. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, ayiex obtuse, termen very obliquely 
rounded ; 6 separate ; grey-whitish, irregularly sprinkled and mixed 
grey, more or less wholly suffused grey on posterior half; some 
scattered black scales near base, and in a subcostal series on basal 
fourth ; a slender black streak along fold throughout, and one in disc 
from before middle to termen beneath apex, each of these margined 
with grey suffusion above ; a short streak of grey suffusion along 
costa about middle : cilia grey, towards base grey-whitish. Hind¬ 
wings grey, thinly scaled in disc towards base, veins and termen 
suffused darker ; cilia grey. 
Formosa, Alikano, October ; 1 ex. (Coll. Caradja). 
Chelaria petrinopis, n. sp. 
J . 9 mm. Head, thorax whitish, slightly speckled grey. Palpi 
white, second joint broadly tufted beneath with dense rough scales, 
basal | dark fuscous, terminal joint with three slender blackish 
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