112 Lord Walsingham on 



whole apical portion of the wing, above the anal angle and parallel 

 with the apical margin, is shaded with fuscous scales and patches ; 

 cilia greyish fuscous. Hind wings semitransparent, shining iron- 

 grey, with a slight lilac iridescence ; cilia pale cinereous. Abdomen 

 pale cinereous. Legs pale cinereous, the posterior tarsi shaded 

 with fuscous, faintly pale spotted. Exp. al. 11 mm. 



Ha b. Estcourt (Natal), two specimens (Hutchinson) . 



Type, ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



One of these specimens is a rather dark variety. 



I have a third variety much paler than the type, with 

 less suffusion of dark scaling, and the dorsal patch more 

 conspicuously contrasted with the pale ground colour, 

 but it cannot be regarded as a separate species. 



Exp. al. 12 mm. 



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



Type, ? ,Mus. Wlsm. 



[PL v., fig. 49.] 

 & Anarsia inculia, sp. n. 



Antenna annulated with hoary and greyish fuscous. Palpi with 

 a large square tuft, or flattened brush, of projecting scales beneath 

 the second joint ; hoary, speckled and shaded externally with 

 greyish fuscous ; apical joint whitish, with a broad black band of 

 scales around its middle. Thorax hoary, tegulae tinged with 

 greyish fuscous. Fore wings hoary, obliquely tinged with greyish 

 fuscous, and some brownish scales at the base, narrowly on the 

 costal, more widely on the dorsal margin ; a triangular tawny 

 fuscous patch occupies the middle of the costal margin, its apex 

 reaching to the dorsal margin ; a chestnut-brown spot on the fold, 

 intermixed with groups of raised blackish scales, forms its central 

 portion ; the apical part of the wing is also shaded with tawny 

 fuscous scales ; cilia tawny fuscous, sprinkled with hoary scales, 

 and becoming paler about the anal angle. Hind wings semi- 

 transparent iridescent tawny grey ; cilia grey. Abdomen iridescent 

 tawny grey ; anal tuft ochreous. Exp. al. 12 14 mm. 



Hab. Bathurst (Gambia), three specimens (Carter). 

 Type, $ $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



