Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. 



rather narrow, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, 

 apex pointed, termen faintly sinuate, very oblique; glossy light 

 ochreous, suffused with deep reddish-ochreous on costal half and 

 towards termeu ; extreme costal edge white towards middle : cilia 

 ochreous-yellowish, above apex reddish-tinged. Hindwiugs and cilia 

 whitish-ochreous ; a long ochreous-whitish hairpencil lying along costa 

 beneath forewings. 



CAPE COLONY, Laingsburg, in July (R. M. Lightfoot) ; one specimen. 



XYLORYCTIDAE. 



GEN. EPIMACTIS Meyr. 



EPIMACTIS SANDYCOPA, u. sp. 



9 . 19 mm. Head white. Palpi whitish tinged with crimson, espe- 

 cially on terminal joint. Thorax white with faint rosy tinge. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique ; 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 whitish-grey-ochreous tinged with rosy ; costal edge pale crimson ; a 

 slender light rosy-fuscous streak along basal fourth of dorsum ; first 

 discal stigma minute, dark fuscous ; an irregular rosy-brownish fascia 

 from costa beyond middle to dorsum before tornus, attenuated and 

 anteriorly indented in middle, undefined posteriorly and followed by 

 some scattered rosy and fuscous scales ; a narrow rosy-brownish fascia 

 round apical portion of costa and upper part of termen, broadest at 

 apex and attenuated to extremities: cilia white, with a few rosy- 

 fuscous scales at base. Hiudwiugs and cilia whitish. 

 NATAL, Durban, in December (Leigh) ; one specimen. 



COPROMORPHIDAE. 



GEN. COPROMORPHA Meyr. 



COPROMORPHA AERUGINEA, n. Sp. 



. 17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, forehead with a bar of dark 

 fuscous irroration. Palpi whitish-ochreous irregularly irrorated with 

 blackish. Thorax whitish-ochreous, spotted on shoulders and posteriorly 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey, basal segment whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa anteriorly 

 gently, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 



