278 Lord Walsingham on the Tortriddce, 



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 

 acantliodactylus. 



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 0. direptalis. 



(^Amblyptilus a/ricce, n. s. (PL XIII. , fig. 45). 



Capite et alis anticis sordide brunneo-ochraceis ; alis 

 anticis minus quam ad medium fissis costa supra basim 

 fissurse 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- 

 late. Alis posticis brunneo-fuscis, digito secundo sub- 

 falcato, 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, subfalcate, having a narrow 

 subfalcate 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 

 tibiae darkly tufted ; hind tibiae pale brownish ochreous, 

 with very long spurs, not tufted, each spur tipped with 

 fuscous, the inner one much longer than the outer. 



