274 EiOTlC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



TORTRTCID.^. 



Capua ptilocrossa, n. sp. 



cj 11-12 mm., 5 14-15 mm. Head and thorax light brownish. 

 Palpi in c? 1|, in $ 2|, light brownish sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations of c? 1. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Forewings moderate, suboblong, costa anteriorly strongly arched, 

 in J without fold, posteriorly hardly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, nearly vertical, rounded beneath ; light brownish, 

 with a few dark fuscous scales or strigulae ; markings ferruginous- 

 tinged, hardly darker except towards costa ; basal patch faint, with 

 oblique posterior edge ; ceutral fascia somewhat oblique, dilated 

 posteriorly on lower half, only distinct on costa ; costal spot 

 flattened-triangular : cilia Avhitish-grey, on termen suffused with 

 ferruginous. Hindwinga pale grey, in 5 suffused with ochreous- 

 whitish anteriorly and towards costa, and brownish-tinged towards 

 apex ; cilia grey- whitish, in 5 on costa towards apex with a patch 

 of thickened light brownish cilia becoming blackish towards base. 



Ntassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in January and March {Neave)-^ four 

 specimens. Peculiar in this genus by the thickened costal cilia of 

 hindwings in § , only shared with some species of Cacoecia and 

 liomona. Type in British Museum. , 



EUCOSMID^. 



DIPLONEARCHA, n. g. 



Antennae in cJ minutely ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 second joint expanded with dense scales towards apex above and 

 beneath, terminal joint short, obtuse. Thorax without crest. 

 Forewings with 3 from angle, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to termen, 

 8 and 9 approximated. Hindwings with basal pecten ; 3 remote, 

 nearly parallel to 4, 4 and 5 connate from angle, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Herpystis. 



Diplonearclia insinuans, n. sp. 



c? . 10 mm. Head brownish, face fuscous. Palpi and thorax 

 brownish suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark 

 grey. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, without fold, 

 apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate beneath apex, somewhat 

 oblique, rounded beneath ; dark grey irrorated with whitish points, 

 and somewhat mixed with brownish; edge of basal patch indicated 

 by dark fuscous suffusion, at f of wing, angulated in middle ; 

 central fascia beyond middle, foi-med of dark fuscous sufiusion,' 



