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Descriptions of Some New South African 

 Microlepidopterous Bagworms. 



By 



JE. illeyrick, B.A., F.K.S. 



Contents. 



TINEID^ .... 



Fume a obscurata sp. ii. 

 Melasina cnaphalodes sp. n. 

 Melasina picea sjj. n. . 

 Melasina tyroplianes sp. n. . 

 Melasina craterodes sp. n. . 

 ADELID^ .... 

 Ceromitia xantliocoma sp. n. 



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TINKIDtE. 

 Fuinea obscurata si), n. 



Male. — 11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, palpi short, loosely haired. Antennal pectinations 

 five. Fore wings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 •oblique : dai'k fuscous-grey : cilia concolorous. Hind wings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia grey, becoming dark fuscous towards 

 base. 



Hab. — New Hanover, in December (Hardenberg), one 

 specimen. 



Type in collection Janse. 



Melasina cnaphalodes sp. a. 



Male. — 18 mm. Head, palpi and thorax brownish, palpi 

 shoi't, slender, thorax with moderate crest. Antennal pectiua- 

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