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ochreous. Fore wings tawny fuscous, narrowly pale ochreous 

 along the costa to a little beyond the middle ; this pale ochreous 

 costal streak is wider at the base, tapering outwards, and there is 

 a fuscous shade on the extreme costal margin at the base ; on the 

 dark portion of the wing are two small obscure dark tawny brown 

 spots, one at the upper edge of the cell before the middle, another 

 just beyond the middle at the end of the cell, and equidistant from 

 the costal and dorsal margins ; cilia tawny grey. Hind wings 

 grey; cilia tawny grey. Abdomen tawny grey, with paler anal 

 tuft. Exp. al. 14 mm. 



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

 Type, <?, Mus. Wlsm. 



WIV* [PL v., fig. 40.] 



Lecithocera flavipalpis, sp. n. 

 Antennce thickened, especially towards the middle, shorter than 

 the fore wings ; bronze-colour. Palpi recurved, twice the length 

 of the head ; second joint thickened with closely appressed scales 

 beneath; apical joint slender, acute. Haustellum pale ochreous. 

 Head bronzy above, orange-yellow at the sides. Thorax bronze- 

 colour. Fore wings rounded at the apex, the costa scarcely convex 

 near the base, apical margin obliquely convex ; deep bronze-colour, 

 without markings (under the lens minutely irrorated with paler 

 scales) ; cilia shining bronzy. Hind wings wide, not emarginate 

 below the slightly rounded apex ; paler than the fore wings, 

 bronzy fuscous ; cilia the same, rather shining. Abdomen dark 

 bronzy fuscous. Legs pale ochreous, tinged with bronzy fuscous 

 on the posterior tarsal joints. Exp. al. 18 mm. 



Hob. Estcourt (Natal), one specimen (Hutchinson) . 

 Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



Lecithocera maculata, Wlsm. 



Tangani (Kolumbi Creek, East Africa), August, one 

 specimen (Jackson). 



TIMYBA, Wkr. 

 [PI. v., fig. 41 ; PL vii., fig. 83.] 



Timyra extranea, sp. n. 



Antennce ochreous ; $ with a long and conspicuously projecting 

 tuft of greyish scales beneath the outer side of the basal joint ; in 



