CECOPHORIDJE. 
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CECOPHORIDiE. 
Peritorneuta spilanthes, n. sp. 
$ . 14 mm. Head white, crown somewhat mixed pale brownish. 
Palpi white, second joint slightly speckled pale brownish except 
towards apex, with dark fuscous apical ring, terminal joint closely 
irrorated dark fuscous except base and tip, with dark fuscous 
subapical ring. Antennae white ringed dark brown. Thorax white 
suffusedly irrorated brown. Forewings oblong, costa anteriorly 
moderately arched, posteriorly straight, apex rounded, termen 
rounded, hardly oblique ; white, strewn numerous small rather 
dark brown spots, tending to coalesce in rather oblique or irregular 
transverse series ; extreme costal edge white but tinged crimson- 
rose just beneath edge: cilia white. Hindwings white, apical edge 
tinged grey ; cilia white. 
Fiji, Yunidawa, January (H . Phillips ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Depressaria petronoma, n. sp. 
<$ . 14 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous slightly sprinkled 
fuscous. Palpi pale greyish-ochreous, basal half o£ second joint 
sprinkled fuscous. Thorax light greyish-ochreous sprinkled fuscous. - 
Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 2 remote from 3; 
light greyish-ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled grey with slight pinkish 
tinge ; a short blackish-grey dash beneath costal edge in middle ; 
some short scattered blackish-grey linear marks, plical and second 
discal stigmata indicated by obscure dots, a clearer space in disc 
between these ; a series of cloudy blackish-grey dots round apical 
part of costa and termen : cilia grey-whitish, two grey shades. 
Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated basally ; light grey, 
darker posteriorly ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey subbasal shade. 
Japan, Osaka, July (Prof. S. Issilci) ; 1 ex. 
Depressaria cynarivora Meyr. 
By the kindness of Monsieur P. Hegnier I have received several 
additional bred examples of this species, and also one in particular 
( $ ) from Monsieur B. Bouhelier, pinned unset to show the natural 
undisturbed rough scaling of the freshly emerged insect, which is 
most striking; not only the second joint of the labial palpi but also 
the terminal is clothed anteriorly to the apex with long loosely 
projecting spatulate or gradually dilated scales, the antenna] scape 
is similarly clothed, spreading tufts of long fine cilia rise from 
above and below the eyes, the crown of the head is densely tufted 
with erect scales, the thorax has rough crests centrally and on the 
tegulae, and the basal half of the forewing is strewn with obliquely 
erect broad scales gradually diminishing outwards ; it is a curious 
