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into a curved streak — a character which certainly occurs in the 

 species, though only exceptionally ; the markings of palpi, which are 

 usually a good specific test in this genus, fully agree. The species 

 may have been introduced accidentally, since it takes shelter in 

 sheds, packing material, &c., so freely as to be almost domestic. 

 Cape Colony, Kalk Bay, in January (Lightfoot). 



STENOMID^. 



PAEEXAULA, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs, sidetufts loosely spreading ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue developed. Antennas f , in ^ filiform, minutely 

 ciliated {^), basal joint moderately elongate, with well-developed 

 pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened 

 with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, drooping. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with long hairs above and beneath. Forewings with 

 vein lb furcate, 2 from ;i, 3 from angle, curved so as to be nearest 2 

 in middle, 7 to costa, 7-9 parallel and rather near together, 10 more 

 remote, 11 from middle. Hind wings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia almost 

 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel, 5 and 6 slightly approxi- 

 mated at base, transverse vein very oblique between 6 and 7. 



A remarkable and very interesting genus, which might be assumed 

 as the ancestral form from which the OecophoridcB may have been 

 derived. 



Parexaula isomima, n. sp. 



J $ . 15-17 mm. Head white, crown suffused with fuscous. 

 Palpi fuscous sprinkled with white. Antennae fuscous. Thorax 

 fuscous or dark fuscous, apex of patagia whitish. Abdomen pale 

 whitish-ochreous, segments banded with deep yellow-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; white ; a moderate fuscous 

 or dark fuscous median streak from base to apex, sending an oblique 

 branch from before its middle to costa beyond middle, a projection 

 on its upper edge at f representing second discal stigma; costal 

 edge more or less suffused with dark fuscous from about ^ to f ; an 

 inwardly oblique dark fuscous spot on costa at f , and a dot beyond 

 this ; a broad fuscous or dark fuscous streak along dorsum from base 

 to tornus, near base sometimes extending almost to fold, but 

 leaving base of dorsum white, its upper edge touching an elongate- 



