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mopoda pedella, L., but they are much more robust, owing 

 to their wider thorax. 



[PL vi., tig. 60.] 

 Stathmopoda crassella, sp. n. 



Antenncz strongly ciliated on their inner side; pale fawn. Palpi 

 very slender, divergent, recurved ; second joint whitish, apical joint 

 fawn-colour. Haustellum white. Head pale fawn above ; face 

 shining white. Thorax very stout ; fawn-colour ; shining white 

 beneath. Fore wings fawn-colour, with the extreme costal margin 

 very narrowly tinged with purplish fuscous ; a transverse streak 

 very near the base ; an oblique transverse shade before the middle, 

 tending outwards towards the dorsal margin, and an oblique trans- 

 verse shade, at one-fourth from the apex, tending inwards towards 

 the dorsal margin ; all purplish fuscous ; cilia pale brownish 

 ochreous. Hind wings pale fawn-grey, with pale brownish 

 ochreous cilia. Abdomen pale fawn-grey ; shining white beneath. 

 Legs pale fawn, with purplish fuscous tufts at the joints and spurs ; 

 shining white beneath. Exp. al. 11 14 mm. 



Hab. Bathurst (Gambia), five specimens taken at 

 light in November and December (Carter) ; Gambia, five 

 specimens (Dru-ca). 



Type, $ $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



[PL vi., fig. 61.] 

 Stathmopoda divisa, sp. n. 



Antennce pale greyish brown. Palpi whitish, tinged with greyish 

 brown on the upper side of the apical joint. Head dark greyish 

 brown above ; face white. Thorax stout ; yellow. Fore wings 

 yellow to more than one-third of their length ; with two small 

 greyish brown costal spots, one at the extreme base very small, the 

 second small, immediately beyond it near the base ; a greyish 

 brown shade with straight inner margin occupies the whole outer 

 portion of the wing from before the middle, the yellow ground 

 colour showing only in small ill-defined longitudinal streaks or 

 spots beyond the middle ; cilia pale greyish brown. Hind wings 

 and cilia pale greyish brown. Abdomen greyish brown. Legs 

 very pale greyish brown. Exp. al. 10 mm. 



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

 Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species has much the pattern and colouring of a 

 Lozostowa, but it is apparently a true Stathmopoda ; it 



