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EXOTIC M1CROLEPIDO PTERA. 
Narycia chlorocitra, n. sp. 
c 3 . 23-24 mm., $ 37—38 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi 
light ochreous-yellowish, base mixed grey. Antennae <3 triangular- 
dentate, fasciculate-ciliated. Thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, 
anterior margin suffused blackish-grey. Forewings suboblong, 
costa moderately arched, more strongly towards base, apex obtuse, 
termen rounded, somewhat oblique, $ rather more; pale 
ochreous-yellowish, faintly brassy-tinged, base of costal edge in 3* 
blackish-grey : cilia concolorous, tips whitish. Hindwings very 
pale grey-yellowish, cilia whitish-yellowish, 2 yellow-whitish, cilia 
whitish. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, January-March (C . Seydel ); 5 ex. 
(2 c?, 3 $ ) (type Belg. Cong. Mus.). Near galactodes Meyr. 
Melasma nectaritis Meyr. 
d 19-20 mm., $ 28 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi rather 
long, with dense loose scales, pale ochreous, sprinkled dark fuscous 
on basal half. Antennal pectinations $ 1, fasciculate-ciliated. 
Thorax pale ochreous, irregularly mixed dark fuscous. Forewings 
rather elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, termen rather 
obliquely rounded; pale ochreous, suffusedly mixed brownish- 
ochreous ; small spots of fuscous or blackish irroration along costa; 
some slight blackish raised irroration on basal and terminal areas, 
and obscurely indicating a median fascia nearly parallel to termen : 
cilia pale ochreous with some blackish irroration, sometimes forming 
an antemedian line. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale greyish- 
ochreous, a greyish subhasal shade. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, March ((7. Seydel ); 4 ex. (3 <5 , 
1 2 ). A. redescription. 
Melasina isonephela, n. sp. 
c3 . 24 mm. Head, palpi, thorax grey, palpi rather short, slender. 
Antennal pectinations 4. Forewings rather elongate, costa mode¬ 
rately arched, termen hardly rounded, oblique; all veins separate; 
light grey sprinkled darker, costal edge darker grey: cilia pale 
grey. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, November (C . Seydel ); 1 ex. 
(Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
Melasina byrseis, n. sp. 
S 21-23 mm., 2 30 mm. Head, palpi light ochreous-yellowish. 
Antennal pectinations <3 5. Thorax greyish, darker anteriorly. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, termen 
rounded, oblique ; all veins separate; brownish, slightly mottled, 
without markings, 2 greyer an( l lighter: cilia light greyish- 
ochreous, a greyish subbasal shade. Hindwings grey irrorated 
blackish-grey, $ lighter ; cilia grey, a darker suffused shade. 
