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278 Lord Walsingham on the Tortricide, 
I find three specimens in Mr. Gooch’s collection labelled 
as occurring at D’Urban (West Park), and Spring Vale, 
in bush in the afternoon, and at light in the evening in 
July, August, and November. ‘These agree with the 
almost cosmopolitan cosmodactylus, but not with the true 
acanthodactylus. 
There is also one South African specimen in the 
British Museum, placed with others under the name 
Oxyptilus direptalis, Walk. On comparing Mr. Walker’s 
description with the three distinct species in this series, 
I find that it agrees only with the first specimen, which 
is undoubtedly Amblyptilus cosmodactylus, which must, 
therefore, be considered the type of his O. direptalis. 
Amblyptilus africe, n.s. (Pl. XIIL., fig. 45). 
Capite et alis anticis sordide brunneo-ochraceis ; alis 
anticis minus quam ad medium fissis costa supra basim 
fissure et puncto interjacente fuscis. Lacinia anteriore 
interne fusco adumbrata, apice producto subfalcato ; 
lacinia posteriore interne fusco adumbrata, ciliis brunneo- 
fuscis; margine dorsali squamis obscure fuscis denticu- 
lato. Alis posticis brunneo-fuscis, digito secundo sub- 
faleato, digito tertio postice bidenticulato. Tibiis posticis 
dilute brunneo-ochraceis, calcaribus fusco acuminatis. 
Head and fore wings dingy brownish ochreous, the 
fore wings cleft to one-third of their length, having a 
dark fuscous spot above the base of the fissure about 
half-way between this and the costa ; the costa above the 
base of the fissure shaded with fuscous. Anterior lobe 
with the apex produced, subfalecate, having a narrow 
subfaleate shade along its middle, margined at its outer 
end by a slender pale line; a fuscous shade on the costa 
above the apex. Second lobe with a fuscous shade along 
its middle; the anal angle not well defined. Cilia 
brownish fuscous, with a projecting tooth of dark 
fuscous scales slightly beyond the middle of the dorsal 
margin. Hind wings brownish fuscous, the first cleft 
reaching scarcely beyond the middle; the apex of the 
second lobe slightly falcate, the third lobe with two teeth 
of dark fuscous scales in the fringe, one small near the 
base, one widely triangular about the middle. Anterior 
tibie darkly tufted ; hind tibie pale brownish ochreous, 
with very long spurs, not tufted, each spur tipped with 
fuscous, the inner one much longer than the outer. 
