GELECniAB.!?. 279 



Brachmia ampliisticta, u. sp. 



J . 13-14 mm. Head, thorax, and antenna3 dark fuscous, 

 antennte stout. Palpi oclireous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous 

 except apex, terminal joint sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, pos- 

 teriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather oblique : 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked ; 

 dark fuscous; stigmata obscurely darker, plical beneath first discal, 

 all edged posteriorly and second discal also anteriorly with 

 ochreous-whitish dots : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 cilia grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



Portuguese East Africa, E. of Mt. Chiperone, in April {Neave); 

 three specimens. Type in British iluseum. 



Trichotaphe erixautha, n. sp. 



c? 5 • 16-20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow. Palpi 

 ochreous-yellow, second joint with scales roughly triangularly 

 expanded towards apex above and rough towards apex beneath, 

 intuscated externally on basal f|. Antenual ciliations of c? 1. 

 Abdomen light ochreous-yellowish, dorsally suffused with grey. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched towards 

 base, faintly sinuate beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; deep ochreous-yellow : cilia concolorous. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. 



NrAssALAND, Mt. Mlanje, in January and February {Neave) ; 

 four specimens. Type in British Museum. 



Dichomeris excepta, n. sp. 



<S . 10 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi 

 fuscous, darker towards base, second joint with scales triangularly 

 expanded above and forming a short rough apical tuft beneath, 

 apical edge white, terminal joint white with anterior edge black. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique; 

 light greyish-ochreous ; costa slenderly whitish from base to apical 

 patch ; plical and first discal stigmata black, plical slightly 

 anterior, a small black dot in disc midway between plical and 

 base; a fuscous apical patch, its anterior edge dark fuscous and 

 limited by a hardly excurved whitish line from costa before | 

 to dorsum -before tornus : cilia whitish wdth basal series of small 

 black dots, tips black at apex. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-grey-whitish. 



IS^YAssALANi), Mt. Mlanje, in April {Xeave) ; one specimen. 

 Type in British ]\Iuseum. 



Chelaria phacelota Meyr. 



An example bred at Peradeniya in July from Psyllid galls on 

 Mallotus pliilipinnensis {Rutherford). 



