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EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOTTERA. 
upper edge impressed by blackish plical stigma, apex pointed; 
second discal stigma blackish, above this an irregular spot of 
yellow-whitish suffusion on costa; three small spots or marks 
of yellow-whitish suffusion on costa towards apex, and some 
undefined suffusion towards termen : cilia yellow-whitish, two grey 
shades. Hind wings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 
IN’. Rhodesia, Mazabuka, bred January from larvae feeding “ on 
dead unparasitised Nomaclacris septemfasciata ” (A. M. Alston) (type 
Rrit. Mus.). Allied to reje.ctdla. 
Tinea tugurialis, n. sp. 
6 $ . 13-17 mm. Head light ochreous. Palpi fuscous, tips of 
joints pale greyish-ochreous or whitish. Antennae |, grey. Thorax 
pale oehreous-yellowish, anteriorly more or less suffused dark 
fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely rounded; purplish-grey, suffusedly irrorated 
dark fuscous; extreme base sometimes mixed light yellowish; 
a curved oblique moderate dark purplish-fuscous fascia near base, 
dorsal area pale yellow sprinkled dark fuscous interrupted by this 
fascia and a suffused tornal spot; stigmata rather large, suffused, 
dark fuscous, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal: cilia pale 
oehreous-yellowish, more whitish towards tips, basal area barred 
dark fuscous suffusion, a median grey shade and faint greyish 
subapical shade. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, July (T . B. Fletcher ) ; 34 ex. 
Mr. Fletcher writes “ a domestic species, found in the hut running 
rapidly over the wooden walls and into cracks in the woodwork; 
attracted to light at night; probably breeding in rubbish inside 
the double wooden walls.” Allied to insignata. 
Tinea armifera, n. sp. 
5 . 18-21 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi grey, tip 
whitish. Antennae fuscous. Thorax ochreous-grej^-whitish, 
shoulders dark grey. Fore wings very elongate, slightly dilated, 
costa gently arched, more strongly posteriorly, apex pointed, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a rather dark fuscous 
very elongate-triangular patch extending along costa from base to 
middle, apex formed by a suffused dark fuscous spot representing 
first discal stigma; a slender attenuated rather dark fuscous streak 
from dorsum near base to a point on fold representing plical stigma 
obliquely beyond first discal; a more or less developed rather dark 
fuscous streak from middle of disc to apex, second discal stigma 
forming a transverse-oval dark fuscous spot on this ; a terminal 
series of cloudy dark fuscous dots, those at apex and tornus larger 
and darker : cilia ochreous-whitish, on costa tinged ochreous-yellow. 
Hindwings whitish-gre}''; cilia whitish. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, July (T. B. Fletcher-)', 3 ex. 
This distinct species recalls pallescentella, but is perhaps not nearly 
allied. 
