578 
EXOTIC HICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
20 mm.) ; face ochreous-whitish or white, forewings more whitish- 
tinged, markings browner, they cannot, however, be separated 
specifically from the West African type-specimens. 
Narycia xylonitis, n. sp, 
d . 14-16 mm. Head, palpi dark grey. Antennal ciliations lj. 
Thorax pale greyish-ochreous, anteriorly suffused dark grey. Fore¬ 
wings moderate, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen rounded, rather oblique; light brownish-ochreous or 
whitish-ochreous, somewhat darker-sprinkled: cilia pale ochreous 
or whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey irrorated dark grey; cilia 
grey, a darker subbasal shade. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, December {C. Seydel ) ; 2 ex. (type 
Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
Melasina inarticulata, n. sp. 
<5.20-22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax blackish-grey. Antennal 
pectinations 3. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen obliquely Tounded ; dark fuscous, without defined 
markings : cilia fuscous, outer half lighter. Hindwings grey ; cilia 
light grey. 
W. Darfur, S. Jebel Murra, Dimbiti, 7600 feet, May ( Miss M. 
Steele ); 5 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Melasina nomadopis, n. sp. 
d . 16 mm. Head, palpi light ochreous. Antennal pectina¬ 
tions 4. Thorax light ochreous-grey. Forewings rather elongate, 
somewhat dilated, costa anteriorly slightly, posteriorly moderately 
arched, termen obliquely rounded; brownish-ochreous, traces of 
very faint mottling, costa tinged grey near base: cilia light 
ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light greyish. 
N. Nigeria, Azare {Dr. LI. Lloyd ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Melasina hemithalama, n. sp. 
d. 16 mm. Head, palpi whitish. Antennae whitish, pectina¬ 
tions 7, grey. Thorax grey-whitish. Forewings moderately 
broad, suboblong, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 
little oblique; 8 and 9 stalked; whitish, irrorated light grey; 
a moderate dark grey slightly oblique fascia from costa at | reach¬ 
ing half across wing; some grey costal suffusion towards middle ; 
a dark grey discal dot on end of cell; some undefined grey suffusion 
towards apex and terminal area (cilia denuded). Hindwings 
whitish-grey. 
Fiji, Vunidawa, November {H. Phillips) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
An interesting extension of the geographical range of the genus. 
Tinea protograpta, n. sp. 
d . 6-7 mm. Head whitish, crown suffused fuscous or dark 
fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally white. Antennae |, rather 
