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collection had it not been so remarkably distinct from 
any other known species in this or any allied genus, 
and thus, I hope, easily distinguishable, in spite of some 
probable imperfections in the description. 
Creromitia, Zeller. 
Ceromitia Wahlbergi, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 
Vetens. Akad. 1852, pp. 98, 94; Stn., Trans. Ent. 
Soc. Lond., n.s., vol. v., p. 222; Walk., Cat. 
Lep. Het., B. M., xxx., pp. 506, 507. 
There are four specimens of this beautiful and distinct 
species in Mr. Gooch’s collection, taken in ‘“‘ October, 
November, and December at light.” I received it also 
from Natal through the friendship of the late Colonel 
Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards. 
Aveta, Latreille. 
Adela natalensis, Stn., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., n.s., 
vol. v., p. 221; Wlsm., P.Z.8. Lond., 1880, 78. 
A. albicornis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., xxviii., 
pp- 501, 502. 
Three specimens of this species are in Mr. Gooch’s 
collection. As Mr. Stainton has remarked, it is very 
distinct from any other known species of Adela. 
Adela ? electella. 
Micropterya ? electella, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., 
XXVlll., p. 495. 
Mr. Walker’s type of Micropteryx ? electella is glued to 
a card with the wings laid back unspread. Its antennz 
are rather longer than the fore wings, a character 
which would at once suffice to separate it from the genus 
Micropteryx, to which it certainly does not belong. Its 
purple fore wings, with a distinct yellowish white trans- 
verse fascia, remind one very strongly of Adela natal- 
ensis, Stn., but its much smaller size and the absence 
of a pale costal spot distinguish it from that species, 
even if it may be rightly included in the same genus. 
I am not aware that the female of A. natalensis has 
yet been observed, but, although the difference between 
the sexes of the Adelide are in some cases remarkable, 
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