Tineidce, and Pterophorida of South Africa. 255 



is another narrow brownish oblique fascia. Cilia creamy 

 white. Hind wings and cilia whitish cinereous, with 

 two subobsolete brownish costal streaks before the apex. 

 Expanse, 15 mm. 



Three specimens. " Spring Vale and D'Urban, July, 

 September, and October." 



This insect has the palpi of a Cryptolechia, but the 

 form of its wings is so different from that of the majority 

 of species, from various parts of the world, which have 

 been placed in this genus by different authors, that 

 I should have hesitated to include it among them had I 

 not been able to compare it with specimens of the 

 preceding species, from which Professor Zeller originally 

 characterised the genus ; from these it cannot be con- 

 sidered generically distinct. 



... Cryptolecliia castella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 

 Vetens. Akad. 1852, pp. 107, 108 ; Walk., Cat. 

 Lep. Het., B. M., xxix. 745. 



Cryptolechia eariasella^ Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., 

 xxix. 746. jfci^^/uc.i. } 



Cryptolechia hceresiella, Wallgr., Of. Af. Kongl. Vet. 

 Akad. For., 1875, Arg. 32, pp. 128, 129. 



Cryptolechia dilutella, n. s. (PL XL, fig. 23). 



Capite (capillis aliquot hirsutis), palpis antennis et 

 thorace dilute albido-ochraceis. Alis anticis dilute albido- 

 ochraceis, punctis duobus in cellula tertio postice in 

 plica, et serie arcuata punctorum ante marginem 

 apicalem subobsoletis fuscescentibus, serie in margine 

 apicali paulo distinction. Squamis elongatis prope basi 

 marginis dorsalis in penicillo appresso collectis. Posticis 

 dilute cinereis, ciliis dilutioribus. 



Head rather rough, together with the thorax, palpi, 

 and antennae pale whitish ochreous. Fore wings pale 

 whitish ochreous, the costa very faintly and narrowly 

 shaded with ochreous; a small patch of elongated 

 scales on the dorsal margin near the base, forming an 

 appressed tuft, a small fuscous discal spot a little above 

 the middle of the wing at one-fourth from the base, 

 followed by another nearly obsolete spot towards the end 



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