118 Lord Walsingham on 



with brown at the base and near the apex of the second joint, and 

 above the base and before the apex of the apical joint. Head 

 smooth ; pale ochreous. Thorax blackish, with two longitudinal 

 ochreous lines, one each side of the middle. Fore wings narrow, 

 tapering outwards from near the base, the costa slightly convex 

 before the middle ; coloured with an almost equal admixture of 

 pale ochreous and brown scales ; with five distinct raised pale 

 ochreous, smooth, shining tufts, two near the costal and three near 

 the dorsal margin ; the outer of the three dorsal tufts is scarcely 

 beyond the half of the wing-length, and the two costal tufts are 

 opposite the spaces between the dorsal ones ; there is a slight 

 indication of a few raised scales beyond the third dorsal tuft, but 

 in the specimen before me these do not form a tuft; cilia pale 

 brownish fuscous. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale brownish fuscous. 

 Abdomen brown. Legs brown, spotted with pale ochreous. Exp. 

 al. 22 mm. 



Hab. Est court ((Natal), one specimen (Hutchinson}. 



Type, ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



STAGMATOPHORA, H.-S. 



[PL vi., fig. 66.] 

 - Stagmatophora fasciata, sp. n. 



Antenna fuscous, annulated with white, and with white longi- 

 tudinal streaks on the fuscous basal joint. Palpi cream-white, the 

 apical joint dusted with fuscous. Head yellow; face white. 

 Thor a x purplish fuscous. Fore wings cream-white, with a basal 

 patch, a broad central fascia and the apex all purplish fuscous, 

 the edges of these markings being tolerably straight, except the 

 inner edge of the central fascia, which is curved outwards, and the 

 inner edge of the apical shade, which extends inwards somewhat 

 along the dorsal margin ; cilia pale purplish fuscous, paler at the 

 anal angle. Hind wings pale grey ; cilia pale purplish. Abdomen 

 greyish fuscous. Legs cream white, broadly barred with purplish 

 fuscous. Exp. al. 9 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst (Gambia), four specimens taken from 

 November to December, attached to a species of mallow 

 (Carter). 



Type, $ $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



