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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
5 brownish-red, anteriorly whitish. Thorax blackish-grey. 
Abdomen blackish-grey, segmental margins whitish, in $ partially 
tinged reddish. Hind tibiae and tarsi <$ blackish with a rufous 
streak, $ mostly brown-red. Forewings hyaline, veins black, 2 and 
3 confluent; a costal streak to cell and vein 9, and slender terminal 
streak dark fuscous ; dorsal edge black suffused crimson, forming 
a crimson spot at base; transverse vein forming a slender black 
bar edged crimson posteriorly : cilia fuscous. Hindwings ochreous- 
hyaline, veins and terminal edge black ; cilia fuscous. 
Tanganyika, Moshi, bred from Corclia ovalis ( Boraginacece ) 
(A. H. Ritchie) ; 7 ex. (6 J, 1 $ ). Type Brit. Mus. 
IDI0P0G0N, n. g. 
Face smooth; ocelli large, superior; tongue developed. Antennae 
dilated towards apex, with small apical hairpencil. Labial palpi 
moderate, obliquely ascending, second joint with dense scales 
forming a very long rough projecting apical tuft beneath (more than 
twice as long as terminal joint), terminal joint moderately long, . 
cylindrical, tolerably pointed. Hind tibiae densely clothed with 
long rough hairscales, basal joint of tarsi densely rough-scaled. 
Fore wings 2 and 3 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex 
(indefinite). Hindwings 1^, ovate, cilia ^ ; 3 from very near 4, 
4 from angle, 6 and 7 parallel. Abdomen stout, without apical 
tuft, J with long projecting valvae. 
Idiopogon nranopla, n. sp. 
d $. 19-25 mm. Head, thorax shining dark indigo-grey, 
orbits and a mark on shoulder white. Palpi blackish, second joint 
white beneath. Abdomen coppery-rufous, partially scaled blue- 
blackish (discoloured by grease). Legs blue-blackish, hind tibiae 
and basal joint of tarsi red. Fore wings deep indigo-blue ; a short 
hyaline streak beneath base of cell : cilia dark bluish-fuscous. 
Hindwings ochreous-hyaline, veins black, partially suffused blue; 
an irregular bright blue patch extending over posterior half of costa, 
transverse vein, and posterior half of lower margin of cell; cilia 
dark bluish-fuscous. 
Tanganyika, Moshi, bred from Cordia ovalis ( Boraginacece ) 
(A. H. Ritchie ); 16 ex. Type Brit. Mus. 
GLYPHIPTERYGIDiE. 
Iridostoma ichthyopa Meyr. 
Java, Buitenzorg, many examples bred February, March, from 
larvae feeding on male inflorescence of Cocos nucifera ( R . TJ. Paine). 
Hilarographa calathisca Meyr. 
Java, Buitenzorg, bred from larvae feeding on inflorescence of 
Ix'ora ( Rubiacece ) {Dr. L. G. E. Kcdshoven); 5 ex. 
