110 EXOTIC MlCllOLEPIDOrTEllA. 



pointed, termcn oblique, of first segment concave, of second some- 

 -w hat prominent in middle, sinuate above aud below this; brown 

 transversely striated with white ; costa from base to triangle 

 narrowly dark fuscous dotted with white ; dorsum marked with 

 dark fuscous suffusion at |, aud from before middle to beneath base 

 of cleft ; a spot of dark fuscous suffusion towards costa at i ; 

 a blackish triangular patch on costa before base of cleft, its apex 

 reaching to beneath cleft, edged with white posteriorly : a suffused 

 blackish band crossing both segments, edged posteriorly by a strong 

 white line : cilia whitish, on costa blackish except on white lines, 

 on termen light brownish with basal third white cut by blackish 

 s])ots at apex, middle, and lower angle of each segment, within 

 cleft with blackish spots near before angle of each segment, on 

 dorsum with strong triangular black scale-projection at i, a narrow 

 one beneath base of cleft, a slight one near tornal spot, and two or 

 three scattered black scales before and beyond first scale-projection. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, on termen whitish tinged ;it 

 base with dark grey dots at angles of segments, on dorsum of third 

 segment with scattered black scales from base to |, on apical third 

 whitish towards base, with a strong triangular black scale-projec- 

 tion at |, and a minute one beneath apex. 



British East Apkica, jSTairobi, in August; three specimens. 

 Allied to panclidactijla and direptaUs, but the large scale-projection 

 of hindwings is nearer apex than in either of these. 



Platyptilia maligna, n. sp. 



J . 21 mm. Head and paljji pale brownish sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, face without projection, palpi 2, second joint expanded 

 with scales, terminal joint short, tip white. Thorax light brownisli- 

 ochreous, anterior margin suffused with rather dark fuscous. 

 ( Abdomen broken.) Forewings cleft to |, segments moderate, termen 

 of first segment rather oblicjue, slightly sinuate ; light brownish- 

 ochreous, with some scattered dark fuscous scales ; costa strongly 

 suffused with dark fuscous from basa to 4- ; a blackish dot in dis'c 

 at I, and two transversely placed before base of cleft, disc between 

 these spotted with dark fuscous irroration ; an irregular dark 

 fuscous terminal spot on first segment ; second segment suffused 

 with fuscous except towards base : cilia dark fuscous, on costa 

 with three pale ochreous bars towards apex, on lower margin of 

 first segment pa'.e ochreous except towards apex, on upper margin 

 of second segment fuscous, on dorsum with some short projecting 

 blackish scales about middle. Hind wings dark grey ; cilia grey, 

 on dorsum of third segment with irregular projecting black scales 

 on basal half, an undefined flattened-triangular patch of black- 

 tijjped scales hardly beyond middle, and two or three blackish 

 points posteriorly. 



Natal, Caniperdown, in April {Lehjli) ; one specimen. Allied to 

 sahia. 



