New So'utli African Micro-LcpidoiHera. 377 



CArE Colony, Port Elizabeth, bred in April from larvae boring 

 stems of Aloe (Lounsbury) ; two specimens. 



TiNEOLA PURPUREA Stt. 



(Tinea purpurea Stt. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) V, 221.) 

 (? . 21 mm. Head orange. Labial palpi bronzy-fuscous, 

 towards tip ochreous-whitish. Maxillary palpi very short, loosely 

 scaled, dark fuscous. Antennae whitish. Thorax purplish-bronzy- 

 fuscous. Abdomen light bronzy-fuscous. Porewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; bronzy tinged with purple 

 towards costa : cilia light bronzy. Hindwings with 3 and 4 approxi- 

 mated at base ; bronzy, strongly suffused with purple, especially 

 posteriorly ; cilia pale whitish-grey. 



The specimen which I have described is apparently Stainton's 

 original type ; it bore a label with the name Tinea lymjmrea, n. sp. 

 in Stainton's own writing, and the correct locality-label, Knysna, 

 and Stainton only mentions one specimen. Stainton's description, 

 whilst fully agreeing, is in some respects incomplete, and I therefore 

 took the opportunity of redescribing it. It is very like Tinea (xnopis 

 Meyr., but is larger, narrower- winged, and more brightly coloured ; 

 anopis is a true Tinea, with folded maxillary palpi. 



SCYEOTIS, n. g. 



Head loosely haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae §, 

 in ^ moderately ciliated, basal joint rather large, with strong pecten 

 of long scales. Labial palpi short, porrected, second joint loosely 

 scaled, terminal joint tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 porrected, loosely scaled. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs 

 above. Forewings with Ih simple, 2 from ^, 3 and 4 approximated, 

 5 absent, 7 to termen, 8-10 rather approximated, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-ovate, cilia nearly 1 ; veins all 

 separate, 5 and 6 rather approximated. 



SCYROTIS ATHLETA, n. Sp. 



$ ? . 13-15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish irrorated 

 with fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish mixed witii dark fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous obscurely ringed with ochreous-whitish. Abdo- 

 men pale fuscous, segmental margins ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous or ochreous-whitish, 

 partially tinged with fuscous, distinctly irrorated with dark fuscous ; 



