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BRACHYCROSSATA, Sect. B. 

 Brachycrossata septella, Z. 

 Gelechia (Nothris) septella, Z., Hand. Kong. Svensk. 



Vet.-Ak., 1852, 1089. 



Bathurst (Gambia), seven specimens (Carter) ; Tan- 

 gani (Kolumbi Creek, East Africa), August, one speci- 

 men (Jackson). 



[PI. iv., fig. S5.J 

 V*^ O Brachycrossata marginata, sp. n. 



Antennae, pale fawn -brown, the basal joint shaded with greyish 

 fuscous. Palpi slender ; pale fawn-brown on their inner sides and 

 at the end of the apical joint ; otherwise pale greyish fuscous. 

 Head dull fawn-brown, shaded with greyish fuscous on the face 

 and vertex. Thorax dull fawn-brown. Fore wings pale fawn- 

 brown ; a discal spot before the middle and a band of even width 

 from the apex to the anal angle, but not reaching the costal mar- 

 gin, greyish fuscous ; there is also an obscure outwardly oblique 

 costal streak of the same colour before the apex ; a very faint 

 indication of a second spot at the end of the cell ; cilia pale fawn- 

 brown. Under side pale greyish fuscous. Hind luings greyish 

 fuscous, with scarcely paler cilia. Abdomen greyish fuscous; the 

 $ with a strong ochreous anal tuft. Exp. al. 15 17 mm. 



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

 Type, $ ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species agrees with septella, Z., in having veins 

 2 and 3 of the fore wings from a curved common stem. 



ODITES, gen. n. 



(o3iTij = traveller.) 



Type. Odites natalensis, Wlsm. 



[PI. vii., fig. 80.] 



Antenna simple ; basal joint slightly thickened, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi slender, recurved; apical joint nearly equal in length 

 to the second joint, sharply acuminate ; second joint clothed with 

 appressed scales, which do not project beyond it. Maxillary palpi 

 short, meeting over the base of the haustellum. Haustellum 

 moderately long, scaled at the base. Ocelli obsolete. Head 

 slightly roughened. Fore wings, apex produced, costal margin 

 scarcely convex, apical margin oblique. Neuration 12 veins > 

 7 and 8 from a common stem enclosing the apex ; rest separate ; 2 



