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PHILOBOTA, Meyr. 

 [PL v., fig. 52.] 

 - Philobota virgo, sp. n. 



Antenna with a distinct pecten on basal joint ; strongly pube- 

 scent; white. Palpi very long and slender, recurved ; white, with 

 a slight greyish tinge. Head white, with a slight greyish tinge. 

 Thorax white, slightly tinged with grey anteriorly. Fore wings 

 with rather straight costa, rounded apex, and oblique apical margin ; 

 pure shining white, cilia shining white. Under side grey, cilia 

 white. Hind wings whitish grey, with an indistinct greyish line 

 along the base of the white cilia. Under side the same colour as 

 on the upper side, but with no line along the cilia. Abdomen grey. 

 Legs: the anterior pair with the femora and tibiae shaded with 

 fuscous, the others white. Exp. al. 29 mm. 



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



Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species differs from Crytolechia straminella, Z., in 

 possessing a distinct pecten on the basal joint of the 

 antennae, and consequently falls into Philobota, Meyr. 



PSECADIA, Hb. 



C-' Psecadia sabiella, F. & E. 

 Psecadia ? sabiella,F. &K., Eeise Nov. Lp., PL CXXXIX., 



30 (1875). 



CEcophora ? sabiella, Wlsm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1881, 2701. 



Graharnstown (Cape Colony), one specimen (Druce) ; 

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

 Bay (East Africa), two specimens (Druce). 



Psecadia circumdatella, Wkr. 

 Grahamstown (Cape Colony), one specimen (Druce). 



Psecadia livida, Z. 



Delagoa Bay (East Africa), one specimen (Druce) ; 

 Accra (Gold Coast), one specimen (Carter). 



In my previous paper (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 

 p. 249), through the printer having omitted to space this 

 species from the preceding, it would appear that I re- 

 garded this as a synonym of circumdatella. This printer's 

 error is unfortunate, as they are abundantly distinct. 



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