TINEID^. 
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Polycompsistis pycnosaris, n. sp. 
$ . 12 mm. Head brown, darker on sides of crown. Antennae 
pale greyish. Palpi dark fuscous. Thorax rather dark fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; rather dark fuscous; 
rather large tufts above dorsum beyond middle, and on end of cell, 
a short very fine line of whitish scales above first of these, and two 
others diverging from beyond second: cilia fuscous, base within a 
darker shade fuscous-whitish. Hind wings and cilia pale grey. 
Uganda, Kampala, bred April from a white larva feeding on old 
cotton-seed (H. Hargreaves ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Tinea pagiducha, n. sp. 
S . 7 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish. Palpi blackish, tip 
white. Antennae dark grey. Thorax grey, shoulders blackish. 
Forewings rather narrow, pointed, termen very oblique ; pale 
fuscous with whitish reflections, some dark fuscous strigulae on 
dorsum and anterior half of costa; markings blackish-fuscous; 
two small spots on costa near base ; a spot on fold at | ; a narrow 
irregular oblique median fascia; an irregular spot on costa at f, 
whence a sinuate line runs to termen above tornus ; an irregular 
spot on costa towards apex, and small apical spot: cilia greyish, a 
darker antemedian line. Hindwings lanceolate, acute, pale grey ; 
cilia 2, pale grey. 
Bombay, Mahableshwar, May (H. Maxwell) ; 1 ex. 
Tinea lencostega, n. sp. 
S • 9 mm. Head light grey, face whitish. Palpi dark grey. 
Antennae grey. Thorax glossy whitish-grey, teguke dark grey. 
Forewings blackish-fuscous, markings shining whitish ; about 12 
short fine white rather oblique streaks from costa between base 
and f, a pair, about ^ and another pair about middle each giving 
rise to an oblique pointed fascia reaching rather more than half 
across wiug ; a moderate round blackish apical spot limited by a 
triangular whitish spot preceding it from costa; some narrow 
irregular whitish suffusion extending along dorsum and termen, 
interrupted by a subquadrate spot of groundcolour about middle of 
dorsum : cilia grey with some whitish specks, a patch of dark 
fuscous suffusion beneath tornus, Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 
grey. 
Sierra Leone, Kjala, January (E. Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
An interesting form, related to coronata Meyr. and trochaea Meyr. 
from the Seychelles. 
Tinea insectivora, n. sp, 
$ . 14-15 mm. Head pale yellow. Palpi blackish, tip white. 
Antennae |, blackish. Thorax pale yellow, tegulse dark grey. 
Forewings purplish-grey irrorated blackish; a narrow irregular- 
edged suffused pale yellowish dorsal stripe from base to tornus, 
