Tineida, and Pterophorida of South Africa. 247 



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. 



CEROMITIA, Zeller. 



- Ceromitia Wahlbergi, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 



Vetens. Akad. 1852, pp. 93, 94 ; Stn., Trans. Ent. 



Soc. Lond., n. s., vol. v., p. 222; Walk., Cat. 



Lep. Het., B. M.,lS&, 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. 



ADELA, Latreille. 



.. Adda . natalensis, Stn., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., n. s., C*M>rv*^ v 



vol. v., p. 221 ; Wlsm., P.Z.S. Lond., 1880, 78. 

 A. albicornis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., xxviii.j 

 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 Adda. 



- Adela ? electella. 



Micropteryx ? electella, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., 

 xxviii., p. 495. 



Mr. Walker's type of Micropten/x ? electella is glued to 

 a card with the wings laid back unspread. Its antennae 

 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- 

 cnsis, 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 Adelidce are in some cases remarkable, 



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