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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
shining golden-bronze, tinged coppery-purple and sprinkled dark 
purple especially posteriorly, some irregular light yellowish suffusion 
posteriorly: cilia shining bronze, a fine coppery-purple basal line. 
Hindwings purplish-grey ; cilia greyish, a darker basal shade. 
Cameroons, Bitje, Ja R., October {G. L. Bates) ; 4 ex. 
Ceromitia auricrinis, n. sp. 
S . 17 mm. Head orange-yellow. Antennae whitish. Thorax, 
abdomen rather dark grey, apex of genitalia ochreous-whitish. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched 
towards apex, termen obliquely rounded; grey, suffusedly mixed 
or mottled darker, a small dark spot on transverse vein. Hind- 
wings grey. 
Uganda, Bukoba, April (T. Chorley) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). In 
poor condition, but a distinct species. 
Ceromitia chalcocapna, n. sp. 
J. 22-26 mm. Head, thorax, antennae greyish-white, scape 
much swollen. Palpi dark grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 
dilated, costa moderately arched towards apex, termen obliquely 
rounded; pale shining iridescent bronzy-greyish-ochreous, costal 
area suffused dark bronze from base to with scattered leaden- 
metallic scales, expanded in-median area to occupy cell, and forming 
a suffused oblique transverse fascia about ^ : cilia dark bronzy-grey. 
Hindwings and cilia light bronzy-ochreous to purplish-grey. 
Belgian Congo, Stanleyville, August (Lt. J. Ghesquiere) ; 1 ex. 
(Belg. Cong. Mus.). Also 5 ex., Cameroons, Bitje, Ja R., May and 
October ( G . L , Bates ) in my Coll., very worn. 
COLEOPHORIDiE. 
Coleophora pelinopis, n. sp. 
<5. 9 mm. Head, palpi, thorax light greyish-ochreous. 
Antennae whitish, ringed rather dark fuscous. Forewings light 
grey, with scattered dark grey scales tending to form streaks about 
veins; costal edge slenderly suffused white on basal third and for 
a short distance on median area: cilia light grey. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
Mexico, Mexico City, June ( Gudmann ) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Coleophora aphrocrossa, n. sp. 
2 . 12 mm. Head light greyish, crown fuscous except sides. 
Palpi white, oblique apical half of second joint grey becoming 
fuscous anteriorly, with slight apical projection. Antennae white 
ringed dark fuscous, scape loosely scaled. Thorax grey. Forewings 
grey ; costal edge ochreous-white from near base to apex : cilia 
whitish-grey, on costa ochreous-whitish. Hindwings light grey ; 
cilia whitish-grey. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, July (T . B. Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 
Belongs to group of caespititiella. 
