Neiv or liltle-liiown Heterocera from Madagascar. 99 



rather indistinct; these markings are clearer on the underside. 

 Exp. .32 mm. One ?. 



Bocchoris rectillnealis, sp. n. Plate V. 



Head, antennae, and palpi pale ochreous ; pectus and legs silvery 

 white; thorax ochreous with two dark spots on collar; abdomen 

 with a golden tinge, tuft paler. Fore-ivmg ochreous suffused with 

 pale lilac, the costa paler; an indistinct dark basal line, an angu- 

 lated, broad dark antemedian line, a faint dark mark at end of 

 cell ; a broad dark nearly straight oblique postmedian line, followed 

 by a much fainter thin parallel line. Hind-wing pale with dark 

 central spot, angulated dark line and broad dark border, strongest 

 at apex; a fine subternlinal pale line, fringes darker. Exp. 24 mm. 



Bocchoris tenuilinealis, sp. n. Plate V. 



Head, palpi, and legs pale ochreous, antennae jiale brown ; thorax 

 and abdomen whitish. Fore-wing semi-hyaline with golden sheen, 

 the veins showing dark ; a dark basal spot, a straight oblique ante- 

 median line, the angle formed by it and the inner margin being 

 darker, a very faint dot at end of cell, and a fine, dark, evenly 

 curved postmedian line. Hind-wing pale at base, with an irregular 

 darker lunule, and a fine curved median line, the veins darker; 

 fringes pale golden. Exp. 23 mm. 



Sylepta malgassica, sp. n. Plate VI. 



Head and antermae ochreous, palpi, first joint white, second joint 

 ochreous; legs pale ochreous and silvery; thorax and abdomen 

 ochreous. Fore-wing grey, with gold and purple sheen; a whitish 

 blotch at base extending to first line, which is dark; the cell itself 

 is whitish, with dark spots at either end ; beyond this is a strongly 

 angulated dark line, followed at costa by a white blotch with two 

 teeth; below the cell is another white blotch; at apex is a small 

 dark streak. Hind-wing whitish, with dark lunule and angulated 

 line, the margin widely bordered with fuscous. Exp. 26 mm. 



Sylepta acutipennalis, sp. n. Plate VI. 



Head dull orange, palpi darker, antennae pale brown; legs 

 silvery, the tibiae of the median pair of legs with a long tuft of 

 yellow hair tipped with darker; thorax, abdomen, and patagia 

 pale brown, tuft blackish. Fore-wing pale brown with buff patches 



