Tineida, and Pterophoride of South Africa. 229 
Eccopsis, Zeller. 
Eccopsis wahlbergiana, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 
Vetens. Akad., 1852, pp. 79, 80. Walk. Cat. 
Lep. Het., B. M., xxviil., p. 413. 
A single female specimen in Mr. Gooch’s collection 
agrees with the description of this species, except that 
the costal markings would perhaps be more correctly 
described as olivaceous rather than ochreous; but as I 
am unable to compare it with the typical examples, 
which are believed to be in the Stockholm Museum, its 
identity. must be regarded as somewhat doubtful. If 
rightly identified it is especially interesting as repre- 
senting a genus established by Professor Zeller for the 
reception of this South African species, but more lately 
adopted by other authors (Lederer, ‘Wiener Entomo- 
logische Monatschrift,’ 1859, 111, p. 288: von Heine- 
mann, ‘ Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweiz,’ 
vol. 1., pp. 188, 189; Staudinger and Wocke, ‘ Catalog,’ 
p- 251, No. 1027, &c.) to include latifasciana, Haw. 
(venustana, Hub.), a Huropean species of very remarkable 
structure, which appears to be undoubtedly congeneric 
with the numerous North American representatives of 
the genus Hartema, Clemens. As to the identity of 
Exartema and Eccopsis, Zeller writes in two footnotes 
(Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien. xxv. 268) :— 
(1) ‘‘ Wickler in d. Wien Zeitschr. 1859. S. 288, 
Meine Gattung Hccopsis (Micropt. Caffr., p. 79), kann 
es nicht sein, wenn ihr wirklich der Hautanhang fehlt ; 
ich habe keinen bemerkt, und da ich kein Ex. der 
Africanischen Art besitze, so wird das Stockholmer 
Museum am ersten entscheiden kénnen, ob ich ihn 
iibersehen, oder mit Recht unerwihnt gelassen habe.” 
(2) “So tbergenau auch Wilkinson die Liinge der 
Tasterglieder mass und das Fliigelgeader untersuchte, 
um die schlechten Guenéschen Genera zu begriinden, so 
hat er doch an der ihm ganz wohl bekannten Latifasciana 
den Hautanhang nicht gesehen.”’ 
It may be useful to contrast some of the essential 
points of the two descriptions. 
Eccopsis, Zeller (Kong. Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, 
pp: 79, 80). 
Char. essent. — “‘ Ale posteriores elongate margine 
postico in mare ante angulum analem late exciso 
