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12. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera.Bj E. 



MEYEICK, B.A., P.E.S. 



THE following species have been communicated to me for study 

 through the kindness of Dr. L. Peringuey, and the types are in the 

 South African Museum. 



FAMILY TOETEICIDAE. 



GEN. EPICHOBISTA, Meyr. 

 EPICHORISTA VESTIGIALIS, n. sp. 



5 . 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, terrnen straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous, veins slightly 

 deeper in colour ; a dark fuscous dot in disc at f : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, on termen light brownish with an indistinct fuscous line. 

 Hindwings ochreous-whitish tinged with grey, towards apex 

 infuscated ; cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with grey. 



TRANSVAAL, Barberton, in February (H. Edwards) ; one specimen. 



FAMILY EUCOSMIDAE. 



GEN. AEGYEOPLOCE, Hubn. 

 ABGYBOPLOCE GLOBIGERA, n. sp. 



$ ? . 17-19 mm. Head and thorax light brownish, crest mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Palpi moderate (2^2^), porrected, pale brownish, 

 suffused with whitish towards base. Antennae in $ minutely 

 ciliated. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Posterior tibiae without 

 tuft. Forewings elongate, moderate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 

 light brownish, finely irrorated with whitish ; costa and dorsum 

 with some fine black strigulae or dots ; outer edge of basal patch 

 indicated by a narrow triangular dark fuscous spot from dorsum, 



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