METACHANDID^. — COSMOPTEKTGID^. 203 



since the family has not previously been recognised outside the 

 Mascarene area, and philogenetically, since there is a real affinity 

 with Macrosaces aa noted, and the family must therefore be de- 

 rivable from this genus, and not from the OelecMadce as I had 

 originally supposed. 



COSMOPTERYGID.E. 



Cosmopteryx transcissa, n. ep. 



S . 8 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, with three 

 tine white lines, face bronzy-whitish. Antenna? whitish lined with 

 blackish, on apical half grey with three apical joints and two 

 narrow bands about | whitish. Palpi white lined with dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen bronzy. forewings narrow-lanceolate, apex 

 very long-caudate ; blackish-fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards 

 base ; a fine white subcostal line from base to | ; a white median 

 line not nearly reaching base or band ; a white subdorsal line from 

 \ obliquely upwards to middle of band ; a broad light yellow 

 transverse band extending from middle of wing to base of apical 

 projection, but cut by a fine transverse dark fuscous line at |, its 

 anterior edge rather prominent on upper half, where it includes a 

 black dot, rather outwards-oblique on lower ; a white lino running 

 out of this along terminal edge to apex : cilia grey. Hindwings 

 rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in December {Neave); one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Pyroderces stigmatophora Wals. 



Bred from larvae feeding on seeds of Sorghum vulgare (" Guinea- 

 corn "), Barbuda island (Ballou). This has enabled me to ascertain 

 that the South African tripola Meyr. is a synonym of this West 

 Indian species ; probably Africa is its real home. 



LimnoBcia metacypha, n. sp. 



cJ . 11 mm. Head dark fuscous, face whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochrcous-whitish, terminal joint with a black line on each side. 

 Antennae black lined with white. Thorax blackish. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate, acute ; blackish ; a broad pale ochreous- 

 yellowish transverse fascia towards base, rather narrowed towards 

 costa, outer edge somewhat angulated in middle, reaching middle 

 of ■wing; a transverse whitish-yellowish spot on costa at |, 

 reaching more than half across wing : cilia blackish. Hindwings 

 dark grey, lighter anteriorly ; cilia grey. 



