African Micro-Lepidoptera. 83 



[PL iv., fig. 22).] 

 * Autochthonus chalybiellus, sp. n. 



Antennae simple'; ochreous. Palpi pale oclireous, the erect 

 apical joint naked; second joint thickly clothed with projecting 

 scales beneath. Head pale ochreous. Fore wings mottled rather 

 transversely throughout with about equal proportions of shining 

 steel-grey, rich dark brown, and pale ochreous, the latter prevailing 

 in the numerous tufts of raised scales which are scattered over the 

 wing-surface; these are sometimes shielded with steel-grey on 

 their anterior sides ; the most conspicuous of these tufts are, one 

 above the middle of the dorsal margin but below the fold, another 

 above it near the costal margin, and another about the anal angle 

 of the cell ; but the whole wing-surface is very roughly scaled (the 

 species calling to mind the paler but very similar Euplocamus 

 horridella, Wkr., from which it differs, as subsequently stated) ; 

 cilia mixed brownish and pale ochreous, paler at the anal angle. 

 Hind wings aeneous, with a purplish gloss ; cilia shining greyish. 

 Abdomen brownish grey ; anal tuft ochreous. Exp. al. 14 

 16 mm. 



Hal. Bathurst (Gambia), two specimens (Carter). 



Type, ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



SCALIDOMIA, gen. n. 



(tniatis = a hoe, upa = shoulder). 



Type. Tinea horridella, Wkr. 



[PL vii., fig. 75.] 



AntenncB stout, very slightly serrated towards the apex, two- 

 thirds the length of the fore wings. Labial palpi, second joint 

 slightly recurved, clothed with projecting scales beneath ; apical 

 joint obliquely erect, cylindrical, obtuse, about one-third the length 

 of the second joint. Maxillary palpi, Haustellum, and Ocelli 

 obsolete. Head rough. Fore wings elongate, apical margin 

 obliquely convex, apex rounded, width equal to about one-third 

 the length ; wing-surface more or less tufted with raised scales. 

 Neuration 11 veins ; 7 and 8 from a common stem, 7 to apex ; the 

 other veins separate ; an internal vein runs from the space 

 between 5 and 6 to between 9 and 10. Hind wings lanceolate- 

 ovate, apex produced, rounded; dorsal margin convex, costal 

 margin nearly straight, slightly depressed from the middle. 

 Neuration 8 veins ; 3 and 4 somewhat approximate at base ; 6 and 

 7 parallel ; two internal veins, one from base of 4, the other from 



