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Tinea semifulvella Haw. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, July (T. B. Fletcher ); 1 unusually 
large 2 » 26 mm., not otherwise differing from English examples. 
Tinea phaeonephela Meyr. 
The antennae (not described in the original specimen) are charac¬ 
teristic, white with four dark fuscous bands; an example from 
Bolivia, R. Songo, 2500 feet (Vienna Mus.). 
Tinea protothrinca, n. sp. 
$ . 12-14 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi dark grey, tip 
whitish. Antennae j, dark grey. Thorax dark fuscous. Eorewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded; dark purplish-grey sometimes suffusedly 
irrorated dark fuscous ; extreme costal edge sometimes white except 
towards extremities ; an obscure round discal spot of dark suffusion 
sometimes perceptible on end of cell: cilia grey, base and a median 
line mixed dark fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey; 
5 and 6 stalked. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, June, July (T. B. Fletcher); 
9 ex., “ flying in the garden in early evening.” 
Tinea dubitatrix, n. sp. 
2 . 13 mm. Head light greyish-fulvous. Palpi light oehreous- 
grey. Antennae over 1, light grey. Thorax grey, tegulse whitish- 
grey-ochreous. Eorewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 
termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 connate ; glossy light 
greyish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled grey; a fuscous transverse 
blotch from costa near base, reaching fold; stigmata forming small 
suffused rather dark fuscous spots, plical beneath first discal, second 
discal rather larger: cilia light greyish-ochreous. Hindwings 
5 and 6 in one wing connate and approximated throughout, in the 
other coincident; light brassy-grey ; cilia light grey. 
Virgin Is., St. Thomas, bred April ( Gudmann ), larval case 
(seen) elongate-elliptical, of gre 3 T silk strewn with minute pieces of 
sand and refuse ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). Allied to allutella 
(== uterella ) and pettionella. 
MICR0S0PHI8TA, n. g. 
Head rather rough on crown, forehead and face with appressed 
scales; ocelli posterior; tongue absent. Antennae f, rather 
stout, simple, joints closely set, scape short, without pecten. Labial 
palpi moderate, slightly ascending, rather stout, with appressed 
scales, terminal joint shorter than second, obtuse. Maxillary palpi 
obsolete. Hind tibiae rough-haired above. Eorewings 2 from angle, 
7 separate, to costa, 11 from towards base. Hindwings 1, elongate- 
ovate, cilia |; 2 from |, 3-7 parallel. 
Probably allied to Setomorpha. 
