EUCOSMID^. — C09MOPTERYGIDJ5. 565 



Laspeyresia ptychora Meyr. 

 Bred from larvae feeding in pods of Vigna sinensis, " cow-pea," in 

 September and October (Jacl-), at Salisburj^ Rhodesia ; also from 

 Earberton, Transvaal. Doubtless spread artificially with its food- 

 plant ; occurs also in India and Australia. 



Lobesia aeolopa Meyr. 

 Bred from Cajaniis indicus {Rvtlierford). 



COSMOPTEEYGID^. 



Anatrachyntis hemizopha, n. sp. 



S $ • 10-11 mm. Head pale reddish-ochreous, face whitish. 

 Palpi white, second and terminal joints each with three fuscous 

 rings marked with blackish anteriorly. Thorax light pinkish- 

 brown mixed with whitish. (Abdomen missing.) Forewings 

 very narrow, long-pointed ; rather light pinkish-brown ; costal 

 half suffused with dark fuscous mixed with black ; a slender white 

 bar on dorsal half at |, whence some white irroration extends 

 obliquely to costa near base ; a direct transverse bar of white 

 irroration "mixed with black at h, near dorsum forming a raised 

 irregular black dot ; some undefined white irroration towards costa 

 posteriorly ; an oblique black apical dash, whitish-edged above : 

 cilia pale ochreous, with a rather dark fuscous bar at apex, and 

 two short diverging blackish lines separated with whitish below 

 this. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Ntassaland, Namiwawa, bred in March from larvje feeding in 

 ripening heads of maize {Mason) ; two specimens. Type in British 

 Museum. 



ANATARACTIS, n. g.^ 



Head rounded, with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae ^, in S simple, basal joint elongate, slender, 

 with thin pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint 

 thickened with scales, loosely rough towards apex beneath and 

 somewhat expanded at apex above, terminal joint as long as second, 

 somewhat roughened with scales anteriorly and posteriorly, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Pos- 

 terior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 1 b 

 furcate, 2 from angle, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings |, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 2-5 parallel, 6 and 7 

 approximated towards base. 



Anataractis plumigera, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint fuscous 

 except towards apex. Thorax white, patagia rather dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish, two or three basal segments dorsally suf- 

 fused with pale ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; fuscous 



