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Bucculatrix loxoptila, n. sp. 



J . 8 mm. Head and thorax white, patagia whitish-oohreous, 

 a white hairpencil from beneath shoulders. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; white ; a broad median streak of whitish-yellowish 

 suffusion from base, becoming obsolete beyond middle ; two or 

 three black s])ecks beneath fold about | ; dorsal area somewhat 

 sprinkled with fuscous ; an oblique triangular dark fuscous patch 

 on costa before middle, extended as a costal streak to near base ; a 

 larger patch on costa beyond middle, very narrowly separated from 

 preceding ; a fuscous blotch on dorsum before tornus, edged 

 anteriorly by a dark fuscous ridge of scales ; a dark fuscous line 

 running from disc about | to apex ; opposite oblique ridges of 

 raised scales, mixed with dark fuscous, on each side of this towards 

 apex ; apex bent downwards, finely speckled with dark fuscous : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, at apex with a dark fuscous projecting hook, 

 Hindwings and cilia pale greyish. 



Zanzibar, in March ; two specimens, bred from larvae on cotton 

 (Gossi/pium) (Aders). Type in British Museum. 



Oinophila serrata, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head white, crown spotted with grey. Palpi 

 whitish, terminal joint with a grey mark. Thorax grey-whitish, 

 with three stripes of rather dark grey mixture. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex very acute, bent down ; dark 

 grey, tips of scales whitish ; indications of small obscure darker 

 dots in longitudinal series ; five oblique whitish strigulae from costa 

 between middle and |-, and a direct wedge-shaped mark at | ; a 

 black longitudinal mark occupying apex : cilia grey mixed with 

 whitish, on costa with dark fuscous median line projecting at apex. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Ntassalanb, Mt. Mlanje, in December and February (Neave) ; 

 three specimens. Type in British Museum. Allied to siccata. 



Opogona acervalis, n. sp. 



5 . 8 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, face and 

 fillet bronzy - whitish. Palpi whitish, externally infuscated. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex somewhat 

 produced, acute ; deep fuscous-purple ; a brassy-yellow subtrian- 

 gular blotch extending from middle of dorsum to tornus and 

 reaching |- across wing, anterior side oblique, posterior nearly 

 vertical, apex rounded : cilia dark grey, towards base purple. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous, basal half suffused with ochreous-whitish 

 cilia fuscous. 



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

 Type in British Museum. 



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