164 Lord Walsingham ort 



stone-grey. Abdomen stone-grey, anal tuft inclining to ochreous. 

 Legs stone-grey. Exp. al. 13 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst (Gambia), one specimen (Carter). 



Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species differs from the typical form in having 

 veins 2 and 3 of the fore wings from a curved common 

 stem. 

 / . i \ IDIOPTERYX, gen. n. 



(/3iof= peculiar, mfyu^a, wing.) 



Type. Cryptolechia obliquella, Wlsm. 



[PL vii., fig. 81.] 



Antenna ciliate \ ; basal joint slightly thickened, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi slender, recurved ; apical joint nearly as long as the 

 second ; second joint clothed with appressed scales, which do not 

 project beyond it. Maxillary palpi short, appressed to base of 

 haustellum. Haustellum moderately long, scaled at base. Ocelli 

 obsolete. Head clothed with appressed scales. Fore wings, apex 

 produced, costal margin scarcely convex, apical margin oblique. 

 Neuration 12 veins ; 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to costa ; 3 and 4 out of 2, 

 2 curved from angle of cell ; 5 arising immediately above 2 ; 1 

 furcate at base ; internal vein from between 5 and 6. Hind wings 

 broader than fore wings ; apex slightly produced, rounded ; outer 

 margin oblique. Neuration 8 veins ; 6 and 7 from a common 

 stem, 6 to costa, 7 to outer margin ; 3 and 4 separate ; 5 continued 

 through cell to base ; 8 connected with upper margin of cell by a 

 cross-vein near base ; 1 b furcate at base. Legs : hind tibiae thickly 

 clothed with long rough hair-scales. 



Idiopteryx olliquella, Wlsm. 



Cryptolechia obliquella, Wlsm., Trans. Ent. Soc.Lond., 

 1881, 2545. 



Estcourt (Natal), two specimens (Hutchinson). 



LECITHOCERA, H.-S. 



[PL v., fig. 39.] 

 Lecithocera marginata, sp. n. 



Antennae longer than the fore wings ; pale ochreous. Palpi 

 recurved ; tawny fuscous ; the apical joint equal in length to the 

 second joint. Head and face tawny fuscous, pale ochreous at the 

 sides and over the eyes. Thorax tawny fuscous ; tegulae pale 



