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[PI. iii., fig. 7). 

 " Eccopsis ? nebulana, sp. n. 



Antenna cinereous, a dark spot beneath on each basal joint. 

 Palpipale cinereous ; second joint with a blackish spot on the upper 

 edge towards the base, beyond this an oblique transverse bar, 

 followed by some darker shading. Head fuscous above ; face 

 cinereous, with a conspicuous black spot in front near each eye 

 Thorax fuscous, the tegulae cinereous at the base. Fore wings 

 cinereous, mottled with delicately striated patches of leaden grey ; 

 with a series of short triangular oblique spots throughout the 

 length of the costal margin separated by pale geminations, the 

 one at half the wing-length being the most important, expanded 

 outwards below the costa, and margined with a pale cinereous 

 line ; on the middle of the dorsal margin is a large, very distinct, 

 dark brownish-fuscous patch, rounded at its upper edge above the 

 middle of the wing, and with a slight pointed excrescence at its 

 upper and outer corner, margined throughout by a slender 

 cinereous line ; the extreme apex of the wing is brownish fuscous, 

 and below it, arising from about the middle of the apical margin, 

 is a pale brownish or greyish fuscous well- denned and inwardly 

 oblique dash running upwards, but not reaching to the costal 

 geminations ; a dark line runs along the apical margin before the 

 greyish cinereous cilia. Hind wings greyish fuscous, with a dark 

 line near the base of their paler cilia. Abdomen greyish fuscous. 

 Exp. al. 18 mm. 



Hab. Bathurst (Gambia), one specimen (Carter). 



Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



I have little doubt that this is a true Eccopsis, although 

 no male specimen has reached me. The species is very 

 distinct. 



PENTHINA, Tr. 



[PL iii., fig. 8.] 



" Penthina brevibasana, sp. n. 



Antennce dark greyish fuscous, with the basal joint whitish 

 ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous. Head reddisli brown above, 

 whitish ochreous in front. Thorax dark brown, tegulae reddish 

 brown. Fore wings rather pointed, the apical margin slightly 

 oblique, the costa convex ; whitish ochreous, much mottled with 

 olive-grey and chestnut-brown, with a conspicuous short basal 

 patch reddish brown, darkened on its outer half by a strong 

 admixture of deep fuscous scales, its outer edge, leaving the costal 



