Tineida, and Pterophorida of South Africa. 275 



et mediae dense fasciculatae, posticee pilosae calcaribus 

 imparibus. 



Head rough. Tongue of moderate length, thickly 

 scaled. Ocelli none. Labial palpi recurved, with the 

 second joint scarcely thickened, the third joint slender 

 and pointed. Antennas simple, the basal joint elongate- 

 clavate. Fore wings elongate-lanceolate,^the costa some- 

 what rounded, the apex depressed. Hind wings lanceo- 

 late, the apex attenuated and depressed. The first and 

 second pair of tibiae conspicuously and densely tufted, 

 the third pair coarsely hairy. The inner spurs much 

 longer than the outer. 



Probably allied to the genus Laverna, Curtis. 



Cnemidolophus lavcrneUus, n. s. (PL XIII. , fig. 43). 



Capite albo, brunneo irrorato. Palpis albis, brunneo 

 maculatis. Antennis albo et brunneo annulatis. Alis 

 anticis albis, maculis duabus in basi costae, fascia mediali 

 latissima irregulari et litura apicali brunneis, squamis 

 fusco-purpureis nitentibus admixtis. Posticis dilute 

 cinereis subnitentibus, tibiis anticis et mediis fasciculatis 

 albis, brunneo bifasciatis ; pedibus albis fusco externe 

 maculatis. Tibiis posticis hirsutis curn pedibus externe 

 brunneo submaculatis. 



Head white, mottled with brown. Palpi white, with a 

 pale brownish spot at the apex of the second joint, and 

 two or three pale brownish marks on the apical joint. 

 Fore wings white, with two brown costal spots near the 

 base, the second of which is prolonged by a few brownish 

 fuscous scales, indicating an obsolete basal patch or 

 fascia ; before the middle commences a very wide 

 irregular fascia occupying about one-half of the whole 

 surface of the wing, its inner edge being more clearly 

 defined than its outer edge, which extends obliquely out- 

 wards through the cilia at the anal angle. The fascia 

 has a generally mottled appearance, and is for the most 

 part brown, upon which are distributed patches of shining 

 dark purple scales, especially along the inner edge, near 

 the costa, and on the dorsal half of the wing about the 

 middle ; it is also occasionally interrupted by more or 

 less conspicuous spots of the white ground colour, of 

 which the most clearly defined is a small costal spot 

 near the commencement of the fascia. There is a brown 



