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fuscous scaling extends upwards as far as the middle of the wing, 

 where a rich chestnut-brown fascia, running obliquely outwards 

 from the middle of the costal margin, meets it and blends with it ; 

 a small space on the middle of the dorsal margin is slightly paler 

 than the surrounding surface ; towards the apex an obliquely 

 curved shade of rich chestnut-brown is attenuated from the costal 

 margin to the lower half of the apical margin; cilia reddish 

 brown. In the $ , which is considerably larger than the $ , the 

 purplish fuscous scaling on the dorsal half of the wing is reduced 

 to two dorsal spots, the first before, the other beyond the middle ; 

 these are mixed with chocolate-brown, but the whole wing-surface 

 shows a mottled appearance caused by patches and lines of pale 

 steel-grey ccales, visible only in a strong light. Hind wings rich 

 brownish ochreous, with a cupreous tinge ; cilia paler, with a 

 darker line near their base. Abdomen and anal tuft the same 

 colour as the hind wings. Exp. al. $ 16 mm., $ 24 mm. 



Hab. Bathurst (Gambia) ; -six specimens. " Taken 

 at light, November and December " (Carter). 



Type, $ ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



LOXOT^NIA, Stph. 



The genus Loxotania is retained in the present paper, 

 for, although I am inclined to agree with Mr. Meyrick in 

 suppressing it in favour of Caccecia upon the grounds 

 stated in his paper on the classification of the Tortricina 

 of Australia (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W-, vi., 483 (1882) ), 

 it involves a more considerable alteration of accepted 

 nomenclature than would be justified without a detailed 

 examination of a considerable number of North American, 

 as well as African, species, which I am not at present in 

 a position to undertake. 



Loxotcenia capensana, Wkr. 



Estcourt (Natal), two specimens (Htitchinson) ; Gra- 

 hamstown (Cape Colony), one specimen (Druce). 



Loxotcenia elegans, Wlsm. 



Estcourt (Natal), five specimens (Hutchinson) ; Gra- 

 hamstown (Cape Colony), two specimens (Druce) ; Zulu- 

 land, one specimen (collected by the late Col. Harvey 

 Tower). 



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