250 Lord Walsingham on the Tortricida, 



Azinis, Walk., in which the abdominal margin of the hind 

 wing is considerably widened and extended. 



.* Psecadia languida. 



Psecadia (Coptoproctis) languida, Zell., Handlingar 

 Kong. Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, pp. 105, 106. 

 P. languida, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., xxviii., 

 p. 537. 



^ Psecadia nifiventris. 



Psecadia (Gymnogramma) nifiventris, Zell., Hand- 

 lingar Kong. Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, pp. 

 104, 105. 



P. nifiventris, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., xxviii.. 

 p. 537. 



EUSTIXIS, Hi'ibner. 

 ~ Eustixis Jlavivitella, n. s. 



Capite flavo antennis flavidis articulo basali carnoso, 

 palpis brevibus ; haustello mediocre nudo. Thorace 

 flavo, postice carnoso tincto. Alis anticis roseo-carnosis. 

 Striga dorsali a medio basi ante angulum analem antice 

 oblique projecta flava. Posticis subroseis. 



Head yellow ; palpi yellowish, touched with rosy pink. 

 Antennse yellow, the basal joint rosy flesh-colour. Thorax 

 yellow, tinged with rosy flesh-colour posteriorly, and on 

 the middle of the patagia. Fore wings bright rosy flesh- 

 colour, with a yellow streak commencing at the middle 

 of the base, leaving a small rosy space at the extreme 

 base of the dorsal margin below it, beyond which it 

 follows the dorsal margin nearly to the anal angle, 

 throwing up an outwardly oblique attenuated projecting 

 streak beyond the middle of the wing. Hind wings, 

 cilia, and abdomen rosy pink. Hind legs yellowish, the 

 first pair strongly tinged with rosy flesh-colour. Under 

 side of fore wings bright rosy red ; hind wings paler. 

 Expanse, 19 mm. 



One specimen from Bedford, South Africa, given to me 

 by Mr. H. Druce. I find other specimens at the British 

 Museum, from the Cape, labelled "intactella" in Mr. 

 Walker's handwriting, but apparently undescribed by 

 him. 



This is another remarkable instance of similarity 

 between African and American genera. The genus 



