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[PL iii., fig. 12). 

 Phoxopteris oculifera, sp. n. 



Antennce umber. Palpi dark umber. Head pale umber above, 

 frontal tuft dark umber. Thorax pale umber, tegulae darker. 

 Fore wings umber, faintly streaked longitudinally with obscure 

 whitish ochreous lines ; the costal margin with short pale whitish 

 ochreous geminations throughout ; on the dorsal portion of the 

 wing below the fold, and about and above the anal angle, the pale 

 whitish ochreous streaking more largely prevails ; on the extreme 

 falcate apex, above the marginal indentation, is an ovate dark umber 

 spot, enclosed above and below, but not at its ends, by short pale 

 whitish ochreous streaks, giving it an eye-like appearance ; cilia 

 pale whitish ochreous, tipped with umber at the apex and on the 

 middle of the apical margin. Hind wings greyish umber, with 

 paler cilia, and a dark line along their base. Abdomen greyish 

 umber. Exp. al. 14 mm. 



Hab. Bathurst (Gambia), November, " on species of 

 mallow," one specimen (Carter). 

 Type, ? , Mus. Wlsrn. 



[PL iii., fig. 13.] 

 Phoxopteris falcata, sp. n. 



Antennce pale fawn. Palpi whitish fawn, rather long, and 

 roughly clothed with long diffuse scales above and beneath the 

 second joint. Head whitish fawn. Thorax pale fawn. Fore 

 wings narrow, elongate, falcate ; veins 7 and 8 from a common 

 stem (in which it differs from the typical form of this genus) : fawn- 

 colour along the costal third to beyond the middle, deeply shaded 

 with brown on the dorsal and apical portions ; the pale costal third 

 is interrupted by a triangular ill-defined brown shade, commencing 

 at the middle of the costal margin ; from near the end of the fold 

 a dark brown dash points obliquely upwards towards the apex ; the 

 extreme apex shaded with brown, and a dark line along the base of 

 the pale marginal cilia. Hind wings brownish fuscous, with a pale 

 line along the base of the cilia. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Exp. 

 al. 11 12 mm. 



Hal). Bathurst (Gambia), " November, taken at light 

 and flying among mallow," two specimens (Carter). 



Type, $ ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species is apparently somewhat variable in the 

 extent and definition of the brown shading. 



