Tineidce, <(nd Ptefopkoridte of South Africa. 279 



Abdomen brownish fuscous at the sides, with a pale 

 dingy ochreous longitudinal streak above, along the 

 centre of which runs a slender brownish fuscous line. 

 Expanse, 27 mm. 



Two specimens taken at Spring Vale at light in May. 

 1 have also received this species from Zululand through 

 the late Colonel Harvey Tower. 



>" OXYPTILUS, Zeller. 



().ri/pti1ns caffer, ZelL, Lin. Ent. vi., p. 348; Hand- 

 lingar Kong. Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, p. 118 ; 

 Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M., xxx., p. 934. 



/', Oxi/ptilits walkeri, n. s. 



Capite et thorace cervinis, palpis tenuibus porrectis. 

 Alis anticis vix ad medium fissis cervinis, lacinia pos- 

 teriore subfalcata, macula ante medium fusca squamis 

 subalbidis secuta, macula fuscescenti ad basim fissurse, 

 maculis tribus costalibus una apicali subconspicuis, 

 fasciis duabus dilutis subobsoletis transversis, ciliis intra 

 fissuram et in margine dorsali squamis singulis fusce- 

 scentibus dentatis. Alis posticis quam anticis aliquot 

 obscurioribus, digito tertio squamis fusco-brunneis paulo 

 ante apicem denticulate, tibiis brunneo et albido alter- 

 nantibus. 



Head and thorax fawn-brown, the latter posteriorly 

 paler. Antennae greyish brown ; palpi slender, porrected, 

 not tufted. Fore wings cleft nearly to the middle, fawn- 

 brown ; a fuscous spa* before the middle is followed by 

 some whitish scales ; there is a fuscous spot at the base 

 of the fissure, above and beyond it three costal and one 

 apical spot, blackish ; the second costal spot is preceded 

 and the third costal spot is followed each by a band of 

 paler whitish scales, which bands are continued across 

 both lobes, but not conspicuously ; between these paler 

 bands the cilia within the fissure are studded with 

 fuscous scales, as also on the dorsal margin of the 

 second lobe, the apex of which is elongated and sub- 

 falcate, with a defined anal angle. The hind wings 

 are somewhat darker than the fore wings, the posterior 

 cleft extending very nearly to the base ; the third lobe 

 ornamented on its hinder margin with alternate whitish 



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