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transverse purplish fuscous line, beyond which the remainder of the 

 wing is entirely shaded with pale brown, or brownish ochreous ; 

 cilia scarcely paler than the apical portion of the wing. Hind 

 wings very pale greyish ochreous ; cilia the same. Abdomen grey 

 anal tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous. Exp. oil. 17 mm. 



Hob. Estcourt (Natal), six specimens (Hutchinson) . 

 Type, <? ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



[PI. v., fig. 37.] 

 Odites carterella, sp. n. 



Antennce brown at the base, fading to ochreous towards their 

 outer extremities. Palpi pale stramineous ochreous, shaded ex- 

 ternally with brown on the basal portion of the second joint. Head 

 pale stramineous ochreous. Thorax dark brown. Fore wings 

 shining pale stramineous ochreous, with a very short dark brown 

 basal patch, of which the outer margin is slightly bulged below 

 the middle; cilia the same colour as the wings. Hind wings 

 shining whitish, with a faint greyish ochreous tinge ; cilia the 

 same. Abdomen pale greyish ochreous. Legs pale stramineous 

 ochreous. Exp. al. 15 mm. 



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

 Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species is somewhat similar in appearance to 

 Depressaria culcitella, H.-S. 



Odites atropunctella, Wlsm. 



Cryptolechia atropunctella, Wlsm., Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., 1881, 256. 



Estcourt (Natal), one specimen (Hutchinson) ; Cape 

 Colony, one specimen (Trimen). 



[PL v., fig. 38.] 

 Odites ? inconspicua, sp. n. 



Antennae stone-colour. Palpi stone-colour, paler on their inner 

 surface. Head and Thorax stone -colour. Fore wm^s unicolorous 

 stone-colour ; with two small darker stone-coloured spots, one on 

 the middle of the wing, the other in the same line with it on the 

 end of the cell ; cilia stone-colour. Hind ivings and cilia pale 



