TINEID2E,-EUCOSMimE. 
483 
Melasma holodryas n. sp. 
3 . 21 mm. Head, palpi orange. Antennal pectinations 5. 
Thorax dark brown. Fore wings uniform rather dark brown : cilia 
brown. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Belgian Congo, Katanga, October ( C . Seydel) ; 1 ex. (Belg. 
Cong. Mus.). 
Melasina niphocosma, n. sp. 
$ . 35 mm. Head, palpi white. Antennae shortly pectinated 
(broken near base). Thorax brown, crest very large, some scales 
barred whitish. Forewings moderately broad, apex rounded, termen 
somewhat oblique, rounded; rather dark brown, a few scattered 
blackish strigulae or small spots on basal half; a narrow irregular 
white transverse fascia at 1, angulated above middle, terminating 
on costa in three small spots ; two or three small white spots 
beyond it on costa, and in lower part of disc ; some irregular white 
marking before tornus; a triangular white apical patch with 
concave edge, containing some irregular dark fuscous strigulation, 
and preceded in disc by a suffused dark fuscous triangular blotch : 
cilia brown. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly, base 
narrowly suffused white ; cilia grey. * 
Tanganyika, Mkat near Kilossa, August; 1 ex. .(Vienna Mus.). 
EUCOSMIDyE. 
Spilonota semicanella Walk. 
Celebes, 5 ex., bred August from larvae feeding on young leaves 
of Eucalyptus (Dr. L. G. E. Kalshoven). 
Acroclita anachastopa, n. sp. 
(3 $. 10-11 mm. Head, thorax fuscous, sometimes tinged 
reddish. Palpi rather long, dark fuscous, second joint with basal 
and median reddish-ochreous suffusions, internally white. Fore¬ 
wings suboblong, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 
rather indented medially ; fuscous or dark fuscous, 3 tinged bluish- 
grey suffusion, 5 darker and partially tinged crimson posteriorly; 
costa blackish-fuscous with paired oblique obscure greyish strigulae ; 
sometimes two or three blackish dashes in disc posteriorly; a 
bluish-leaden streak close before termen except near costa : cilia 
fuscous with rows of blackish points. Hindwings dark grey, veins 
darker ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal line. 
Java, Telawa, bred August from fruits of Glochidion and flowers 
of Mallotus (Euphorbia cece) (Dr. L. G. E. Kalshoven ) ; 4 ex. 
Acroclita cameraria Meyr. 
Java, Telawa, bred July from larvae feeding on leaves of Polyscias 
nodosa J(Dr. L. G. E. Kalshoven). 
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