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anticis nitentibus dilute aurantio-flavidis. Cillis roseo- 
puniceis, basi extremo et margine costali late roseo- 
puniceis, maculis duabus discalibus roseo-puniceis. Alis 
posticis dilute fumidis apud apicem roseo paulo suffusis. 
Head rather rough with some erect scales, dull rosy 
brown. Thorax dull rosy brown. Palpi recurved, rather 
slender, not overarching the vertex, rosy pinkish. 
Antenne brownish. Fore wings with the apex some- 
what rounded, the anal angle not well defined, bright 
shining pale orange-yellow. A rosy pink shade occupies 
the extreme base, and overspreads the costal third of the 
wing to the apex, gradually blending with the pale 
ground colour ; below this shade are two rosy-pink spots 
on the disc, one before and one beyond the middle ; a few 
rosy-pink scales about the dorsal and apical margins ; 
the cilia bright rosy pink. Hind wings pale smoky 
grey, with a slight rosy tinge towards the apex. Expanse, 
24 mm. 
Two specimens received from the late Colonel Harvey 
Tower from Natal. 
Cryptolechia roseocostella, n.s. (Pl. XIL., fig. 26). 
Capite et thorace albis. Antenne dilute brunneis. 
Palpis albis, articulo apicali roseo suffuso. Alis anticis 
rotundatis albis, costa anguste rosea, macula ante 
medium triangulare cujus apex attenuatus externe ad 
finem cellule productus dilute brunneus, margine apicali 
et basi marginis dorsalis dilute brunneis. Ciliis albis. 
Alis posticis cum ciliis albis. 
Head and thorax white. Antenne pale brownish. 
Palpi white, the apical joint suffused with rose-colour. 
Fore wings with the apex rounded, the anal angle also 
rounded, white, the costa narrowly bright rose-colour, 
having, slightly beyond its middle, a triangular pale 
brown patch, of which the apex is produced in an 
attenuated and angulated streak to the end of the cell, 
reaching about half-way across the wing. The apical 
margin is also pale brown, the space occupied by this 
colour clearly defined and attenuated towards the anal 
angle. A pale brown shade lies along the base of the 
dorsal margin. Cilia white. Hind wings and cilia white. 
Expanse, 16 mm. 
Taken at D’Urban among bush in November. 
