284 Lord Walsingham on the Tortricidce, 



small spot of the same colour lying immediately below 

 it on the opposite margin of the lobe. The costal cilia 

 are white, but those within the fissure and beneath the 

 second lobe are brown, interrupted in the middle of each 

 lobe by a white band. Hind wings and cilia pale 

 cinereous, having a very small almost obsolete darker spot 

 at the extreme apex of each lobe ; first and second pairs of 

 legs white, streaked with brown, the third pair white, with 

 ,a conspicuous brown spot above at the first pair of 

 spurs. The tarsi slightly shaded with cinereous. Ex- 

 panse, 18 mm. 



Two specimens from Spring Vale taken at light in 

 November. 



ALUCITA, Zeller. 



Alucita lutlefi, Wallgr., Of. Af. Kongl. Vet. Akad. 



For., 1875, Arg. 32, p. 130. 

 Transvaal. 



Alucita fortis, n. s. (PI. XIII., fig. 49). 



Capite, thorace, et antennis dilute griseo-fuscis ; palpis 

 griseo-fuscis, plene vestitis, quam capite et thorace 

 longioribus porrectis. Alis anticis subalbidis, costa 

 albido et griseo-fusco maculata, plaga basali oblique 

 marginata in costa latiore griseo-fusca, fascia mediali 

 anguste et margine apicali late griseo-fuscis ; posticis 

 subalbidis ultra medium dilute griseo-fusco latius adum- 

 bratis, linea submarginali anguste interne reduplicata 

 griseo-fusca. 



Antennae, head, and thorax pale greyish fuscous ; 

 palpi greyish fuscous, densely clothed, projecting more 

 than the length of the head and thorax beyond the front. 

 Fore wings dingy whitish, the costal lobe mottled with 

 greyish fuscous ; a basal patch covering about one- 

 fourth of the wing, its outer margin oblique, widest 

 on the costa, greyish fuscous ; a greyish fuscous narrow 

 inwardly oblique central fascia, well defined on its inner, 

 gradually shaded off on its outer, edge. The apical 

 margin is rather widely greyish fuscous, a slender whitish 

 line crossing the lobes before the extreme margin ; a pale 

 greyish fuscous shade lies half-way between the central 

 fascia and the marginal shade. Hind wings of the 

 same dingy whitish colour as the fore wings, with a 



