Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. 249 



GEN. DEPEESSAEIA, Haw. 

 DEPRESSARIA PBOSPICUA, n. sp. 



$ . 19-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous somewhat 

 tinged with brownish, shoulders narrowly blackish-grey. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous, second joint except apex, and a supramedian band 

 of terminal joint sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked ; whitish-ochreous, 

 tinged here and there with brownish, with some scattered blackish 

 specks ; a blackish-grey spot on base of costa, its edge marked with 

 a black dot above middle of wing, corresponding dorsal space 

 whitish ; first discal stigma black, with an additional dot obliquely 

 before and rather above it, both these surrounded with white 

 suffusion ; second discal stigma white edged with dark fuscous, 

 sometimes with an indistinct white dot before and slightly above 

 it ; all these dots are more or less surrounded with ochreous-brown 

 suffusion, sometimes forming a longitudinal streak ; an undefined 

 angulated subterminal fascia of brownish suffusion ; some dots 

 formed of two or three black specks each round posterior part of 

 costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, partially tinged with 

 brownish. Hindwings ochreous-whitish slightly tinged with grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Capetown (Lightfoot) ; three specimens. 



DEPRESSARIA COMPACTA, n. sp. 



$ . 17-19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joiut and basal and supramedian bands of terminal joint 

 sprinkled or irrorated with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous 

 suffused with purplish-fuscous, patagia dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ocbreous tinged with fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 

 2 and 3 stalked ; whitish-ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous 

 scales ; base narrowly dark fuscous ; discal stigmata white edged 

 with dark fuscous, space between them tinged with pale brownish, 

 first preceded by a black dot somewhat above it ; a series of black 

 elongate dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, greyer pos- 

 teriorly ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Capetown (Lightfcot) ; two specimens. 



