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EXOTIC MICROLEPLDOPTERA. 
Hyalobathra dictatrix, n. sp. 
2 . 20 mm. Head, thorax yellow. Palpi yellowish, apex 
suffused greyish-crimson. Eorewings orange-yellow; a blackish 
subcostal dot near base; a small crimson-purple spot on dorsum 
towards base; lines very faint, indistinct, greyish, forming dark 
fuscous dots on costa, first from | of costa to ^ of dorsum, irregularly 
sinuate, second from i of costa, rather excurved, in middle abruptly 
broken inwards to beneath end of cell, thence somewhat sinuate to 
dorsum ; a fine curved purplish line on transverse vein, forming 
a dark fuscous dot at upper end; a broad purple terminal fascia, 
anterior edge marked by a darker irregularly curved line, costal end 
enclosing an oblong costal spot of groundcolour: cilia purplish (tips 
imperfect, probably purply-whitish). Hindwings colour, imperfect 
second line, terminal fascia, and cilia as in forewings. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, March (0 , Seydel); 1 ex. (Belg. 
Cong. Mus.). 
Hyalobathra metallogramma, n. sp. 
cJ 2 • 18-20 mm. Hbad orange-yellow, a dark ferruginous- 
brown spot on forehead. Palpi orange-yellow, apex and two spots 
near base dark ferruginous-brown. Thorax orange-yellow, four 
anterior spots ferruginous-brown. Eorewings orange ; a black sub¬ 
costal dot near base; a dark ferruginous-brown dot on dorsum 
towards base; lines slender, dark ferruginous-brown, first from \ of 
costa to 1 of dorsum, slightly sinuate, second from costa at | slightl}' 
oblique and slightly sinuate to below middle, thence abruptly broken 
inwards to beneath end of cell, thence to dorsum at §; an incurved 
dark ferruginous-brown line on end of cell, edged silvery-whitish 
posteriorly followed by a suboblong ferruginous-brown spot; 
a silvery subterminal line edged on both sides dark ferruginous- 
brown, anterior edging stronger and slightly angulate above middle 
and on fold; a fine dark fuscous terminal line: cilia greyish-violet, 
a dark violet-fuscous subbasal line, white patches beyond this above 
and below middle. Hindwings as forewings, but without markings 
before second line. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, March, April ( C . S'ey del) \ 2 ex. 
(type Belg. Cong. Mus.). Also 1 in my Coll, from Delagoa Bay. 
(Eobia trichroa, n. sp. 
c? ^ • 28 mm. Head, thorax white, mixed blackish. Palpi 
blackish, base suffused white. Abdomen elongate, slender. Eore¬ 
wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched towards apex, termen 
obliquely rounded; rather light brownish; basal fourth suffused 
black, on dorsal area white; lines black, edged white externally, 
irregularly waved, first beyond nearly direct, second about 
sinuate inwards above middle and strongly incurved on dorsal third, 
area between these lines white irregularly irrorated black, enclosing 
a blotch of dark grey suffusion preceding a blackish discal bar and 
