1910.] 257 MADEIEAN TINEINA (LEPIDOPTERA). BY THE RIGHT HON. LURO WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c OLETHREUTIDAE. EUCOSMA Hb. 2129-0. Eucosma sp. ? {neur tetraqKetmna'Kw.). Stegano'ptyclta sp. Wlsiu. Tr. Eiit. Soc. Loncl. 1894. 537, 541 sp. 15 (1894) 1. Type ^ (18576) Mus. Wlsm., B.M.* Hah.: Madeiras — Madeira: {Wollaston) '^. The single specimen on wliicli this record was founded, a ^ in poor condition, with costal fold, should be referred to Eucosma. HEMEROPHILIDAE. HEMEEOPHILA Hb. 23181. Hemerophila threnodes, sp. n. Antennae black, fading to dai'k chestnut-brown, with white anniilations, more pronovmced towards the base. Palpi uj^turned as high as the crown of the head, stout, moderately smooth ; blackish, profusely speckled with hoary whitish. Head and Thorax dark chestnut-brown, profusely dusted with hoary whitish scales. Forewings dark chestnut-brown, speckled with bluish white scales which cease, partially or entirely on two outwardly bent transverse bands of the dark gi-ound-colour, one before, and the other scarcely beyond the middle, and entirely on a terminal band of the same which is widened across the apex to tlie costa, and attenuated to the tornus ; small irregiihxr streaks of diill white occur along the outer edge of the postmedian dark band, an oixtwardly oblique one on the costa being alone conspicuous — these show also on the under side ; there are also some similar white scales on the costa, scarcely befoi-e the middle ; cilia dark chestnut-brown. Ewp. al. 15 mm. Hindwings dark umber-brown, with a curved streak of whitish speckling from the end of the cell to the fiexus ; cilia brown, slightly tipped with whitish on the termen. Abdomen dark chestnut-brown, with transverse lines of whitish speckling at the junctions of the segments. Legs brown, speckled Avith white ; the tarsi conspicuously banded with ivory-white. Type ? (62296) Mus. Wlsni., B.M. Hah.: Madeiras — Madeira: V.1886 (J. H. Leech). Unique. * The Walsingham Collections were transferred to the British Museum, April 1st, 1910. — Jno. Hartley Dueeant.
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