202 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTERA. 



dark purplish posteriorly, paler and ochreous-tiiiged on costa 

 towards middle ; a dark fuscous mark along costa at base ; stigmata 

 cloudy, dark fuscous, plical rather obliquely before first discal, an 

 additional spot midway between first discal and base ; a cloudy 

 dark grey streak along termen, widest at apex ; some ill-defined 

 dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 

 pale ochreous, indistinctly barred with fuscous. Iliudwings and 

 cilia grey. 



> Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in August (Neavt) ; one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Trichotaphe famosa, n. sp. 



d 2 • 14-16 mm. Head grey. Palpi with second joint blackish, 

 hairs triangularly expanded towards apex above, their tips whitish, 

 terminal joint somewhat longer than second, whitish, anteriorly 

 dark fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-ashy-fuscous. Abdomen dark 

 grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; dark purplish-ashy-fuscous ; stigmata 

 very obscure, blackish, discal approximated, plical beneath first 

 discal, second discal transverse : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in December (Neave) ; two specimens. 

 Type in British Museum. Allied to ironica. 



Autosticha perixantha, n. sp. 



c? . 14 mm. Head and palpi' orange. Antennae orange, cilia- 

 tions 1-|-. Thorax dark violet-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 anal tuft orange. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; dark 

 violet- fuscous ; costa slenderly orange : cilia orange, towards base 

 mixed with dark fuscous, towards tornus wholly dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings withij and 7 somewhat remote at base ; dark fuscous ; 

 cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Portuguese East Africa, E. of Mt. Mlanje, in November {Neave) ; 

 one specimen. Type in British Museum. 



METACHANDID^. 



Q METACHANDA Meyr. 



I hare ascertained that to this genus must be referred crocozona 

 Meyr. from Assam and citrodesnia Meyr. from the Transvaal (I 

 have now seen several specimens of the latter from Mt. Mlanje, 

 Nyassaland), which' were described as abnormal species of JJacro- 

 saces, a genus of CEcojjhoricke. This is interesting geographically, 



