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5. New Soutli African Micro -Lepidoptera. By E. MEYRICK, 



B.A., F.B.S. 



III.* 



BY the kindness of Dr. L. Peringuey I have received for examina- 

 tion a further collection of specimens from various sources ; the types 

 of the new species are in the South African Museum. 



PTEEOPHOEIDvE. 



GEN. TEICHOPTILUS, Wals. 

 TRICHOPTILUS CRYPHIAS, n. sp. 



$ 2 . 13-14 mm. Head and thorax brown irrorated with 

 blackish and whitish, posterior margin of thorax white. Abdomen 

 brown mixed with whitish and striated with blackish. Forewings 

 cleft to middle, segments linear; reddish-fuscous suffusedly irro- 

 rated throughout with blackish ; first segment with slender whitish 

 bars at -f and -t of its length, former indicated also on second seg- 

 ment : cilia dark fuscous, on costa with white patches on bars, both 

 margins of first segment with some black and white scales towards 

 apex, upper margin of second segment with some black scales 

 towards apex preceded by some white scales and followed by a 

 white apical patch, dorsum with a white patch on bar of second seg- 

 ment. Hindwings dark fuscous, slightly reddish-tinged ; cilia dark 

 fuscous, dorsum with a small black scaletooth at f and two or three 

 black scales at apex. 



TRANSVAAL, Barberton, in May (H. Edwards) ; two specimens, 

 not in good condition. 



* The two previous contributions are to be found in Vol. V. of the Annals. 



