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■EXOTIC MLCROLEPIDOPTEKA, 
Saridoscelis synodias, n. sp, 
J 16 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi white, externally 
infuscated. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, 
more strongly towards pointed apex, termen sinuate, oblique; 
white; costa faintly infuscated towards base ; a subcostal line of 
indistinct infuscation from base to § ; oblique dark brown parallel 
lines from dorsum about | and middle, dorsum suffused dark brown 
between these, united in disc at and continued as a much stronger 
line to costa just above apex ; a sinuate dark brown line from costa 
at J- to apex, costal area beyond this tinged brownish ; a sinuate 
dark brown line from dorsum at | to apex, dorsal edge beyond this 
dark brown : cilia white, on costa base brownish within a strong 
dark fuscous subbasal shade, outer half on termen slightly tinged 
grey. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 
Japan, Gifu-Ken, Ikeno, May ( Takeuchi ); 1 ex. 
Plutella orosema, n. sp. 
<S $. 20-22 mm. Head whitish, sometimes mixed grey. Palpi 
whitish, second joint dark grey except base and apex, tuft short, 
angular, terminal joint dark grey anteriorly. Thorax grey, some¬ 
what mixed whitish and da*k grey. Forewings elongate, slightly 
dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded; grey, slightly sprinkled whitish and strewn 
small black dots forming irregular longitudinal series on margins 
and in disc, sometimes partially connected in short streaks ; a sub¬ 
median line sometimes partially marked white, forming two deep 
sinuations filled blackish and a strong triangular prominence between 
these, dorsal area beneath this sometimes suffused ochreous; 
sometimes a suffused blackish streak along termen : cilia whitish- 
grey, two grey or dark grey shades. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Uganda, Puwenzori, 12,000 feet, August (O . L. R. Hancock ); 
3 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). Nearest the European incarnatella and 
the Abyssinian mountain species now in course of publication. 
COPROMO RPHIDiE. 
AEGIDOMORPHA, n. g. 
Head with dense tolerably appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; 
tongue short. Antennse |, S bipectinated, scape short, stout, with 
loose pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, rather curved, sub- 
ascending, second joint thickened with appressed scales somewhat 
rough above, terminal joint |- of second, rather stout, scaled, pointed. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Thorax with posterior crest. 
Posterior tibise rough-haired above and beneath. Forewings surface 
with some rough scales and small tufts ; 2 from near angle, 3 and 
4 stalked from angle, 7-10 approximated at base, 7 to termen, 8 to 
