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half of the wing by three cuneiform brown spots, two costal aud 

 one dorsal, all pointing downwards, and sufficiently connected to 

 form a V-shaped mark, with its apex approximate to the anal 

 angle ; the lower extremities of the two costal spots impinge upon 

 the opposite upper corners of the dorsal spot, which occupies the 

 lower half of the wing ; cilia whitish ochreous, with a few small 

 brownish spots at their bases. Hind wings grey, with scarcely 

 paler cilia. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish ochreous. Exp. al. 

 14 mm. 



Hal). Delagoa Bay (E. Africa) ; two specimens 

 (Druce). 



Type, <? , Mus. Wlsm. 



A distinct form, perhaps allied to Euplocamus stupcns, 

 Wlgrn. 



LASIOCTENA, Meyr. 

 Lasioctena sisyrcea, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 



1887, 279. 

 Grabamstown (Cape Colony). 



COMPSOCTENA, Z. 



- Compsoctena primella, Z. 



I am fortunate in having received the female of this 

 species. It does not fulfil Zeller's prophecy that it 

 would probably prove to be apterous (Hand. Kong. 

 Svensk. Vet.-Ak., 1852, 87), nor my own suggestion that 

 it would have smaller wings and a larger body than the 

 male (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 227) ; on the con- 

 trary, the wings are larger (exp. al. $ 16 18 mm.., $ 

 20 mm.). 



The body is long and fringed at the sides posteriorly,, 

 the ovipositor is conspicuously produced and abruptly 

 squared at the end, not acute. The antennae are thickly 

 and coarsely scaled, not with clearly divided pectinations, 

 as in the male ; but they are in some degree pectinated, 

 the pectinations compressed together, and lying forward 

 along the stem of the antenna. The palpi are roughly 

 clothed with long scattered hair-scales, less closely 

 appressed than in the male. The coloration is much 

 the same as in the male. 



There can now be no doubt that this genus should be 

 placed among the Tineida, where it should stand in the 



