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Show 82 LORD WALSINGHAM ON N E W TINEID^. [Feb. 17, surrounding the eyes ; palpi pale yellowish, short, not projecting beyond the head, having a few long hairs on the underside. Thorax brilliantly metallic rosy golden. Fore wings with the basal third dull yellow, longitudinally streaked with three brilliant metallic blue and rosy lines-one along the costa, one on the middle, and one above the dorsal margin; these are blended in a brilliant rosy metallic band, which precedes a yellow central fascia, margined narrowly on its outer, more widely on its inner edge with black; this fascia is narrow towards the dorsal, widening towards the costal margin; beyond it the remaining portion of the wing, to the end of the cilia, is brilliantly golden, shot with rosy purple. <3 . Expanse 13 millims. I received several males of this most beautiful species from the Rev. H . Hocking, from Dharmsala, in the Punjaub. It is probably allied to Adela orient ella (Staud.). ADELA GRISEELLA, sp. nov. (Plate XL figs. 9 & 9a.) S • Antennis longissimis, griseo-albidis excepta basi cuprea, palpis brevibus, capite ptene nudo ; alis anticis griseo-albidis subpurpureis atomis irroratis, fascia mediana interne nigro marginata alba, posticis dilute brunneis. 5 . Antennis flocco ultra medium incrassatis, cupreis, triente apicali nudo albido. S. Antennae nearly three times the length of the fore wings, greyish white shaded with cupreous at the base ; palpi short and inconspicuous, whitish ; head nearly smooth, greyish white. Fore wings greyish white, profusely irrorated, especially towards the apex, with purplish cupreous scales, with a slightly bowed median fascia of almost uniform width, dark-margined on its inner edge. Hind wings very pale brownish. Legs brownish cupreous, the tarsi spotted with white. 2 . Antennae about the length of the fore wings, clothed, except the whitish apical third, with cupreous scales, which form a thick tuft at about two thirds of their length. Expanse 13 millims. Dharmsala, Punjaub. Received from the Rev. H . Hocking. Genus INCURVARIA, Haworth. I N C U R V A R I A SOLENOBIELLA, sp. nov. (Plate XI. fig. 10.) 2 . Capite hirsuto, albido ; alis anticis cum ciliis albidis, squamis subnitide eeneis irregulariter conspersis, posticis cum ciliis griseo-cinereis. Head and palpi whitish. Antennae cinereous, somewhat annulated with whitish towards the base in the female, slightly pubescent in the male. Fore wings whitish, thickly sprinkled with rather shining, yellowish, brassy scales, more conspicuous in the female than in the male, and grouped into irregular blotches, especially along the apical margin and about the middle of the wing ; cilia whitish. The hind wings are pale greyish cinereous ; the cilia the same. The male |