PYRAUSTID2E.-CRAMBID^. 
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somewhat oblique ; first line obscure, deeper orange, slightly curved ; 
a fine grey slightly curved linear transverse mark on end of cell, 
followed by faint whitish suffusion; a cloud of faint greyish 
suffusion in disc beneath this ; second line obscure, deeper orange, 
becoming finely grey towards costa, somewhat outwards-oblique 
from costa at | and slightly irregular-sinuate, below middle widely 
broken inwards to beneath diseal mark : cilia orange. Hind wings 
and cilia orange; discal mark, cloud of grey irroration, and second 
line nearly as in forewings, but greyer and more distinct. 
Fiji, Lautoka, Suva, Nausori, January, March, October ( H . W. 
Sinunonds, R. Veitch, H. Phillips) ; 3 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
MICROTHEORIS, n. g. 
Face forming a rounded horny prominence, flat beneath; ocelli 
posterior; tongue developed. Antennae <$ evenly ciliated (1). 
Labial palpi long (3), straight, porrected, second joint clothed with 
rather rough scales diminishing to apex, terminal joint concealed. 
Maxillary palpi moderate, apex triangularly thickened with scales. 
Posterior tibiae outer middle-spurs half inner. Forewings 3 from 
towards angle, 4 and 5 separate, 7 straight, separate, 8 and 9 
stalked. Hindwings 1, without cubital pecten ; 3-5 remote, nearly 
parallel, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to 3 . 
Type ophionalis Walk. (= sesquialteralis Zel \. = nasonialis Zell.), 
from United States of America. 
Scoparia tyrophanta, n. sp. 
$. 18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax blackish-grey, collar pale 
yellowish, apex of tegulm mixed pale yellowish. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, termen slightly bowed, oblique ; grey thinly 
sprinkled black; base, and fold on basal area suffusedly mixed 
black ; lines thick, white, first curved, rather interrupted black on 
fold, second well-defined, oblique, sinuate, subterminal narrower, 
cloudy, terminal towards extremities, not touching second in middle; 
orbicular and claviform forming elongate-oval blotches of black 
irroration, discal mark an ill-defined spot; cilia white, a dark grey 
median shade. Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish ; some light 
greyish irroration on submedian fold from base to middle, and at 
extreme tip of wing ; cilia yellow-whitish, a light grey median 
shade. 
Uganda, Ruwenzori, 12,000 feet, August (G. L. R. Hancock ); 
1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
CRAMBID.E. 
Crambus paralyticus, n. sp. 
S 2 • 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 
faintly sinuate, somewhat oblique; 4-5 stalked; white, more or 
less faintly speckled light grey ; median and second lines fine, grey, 
