128 Lord Walsinghani on 



the middle are two very slender oblique and rather indistinct 

 brownish lines pointing towards a bright golden metallic spot on 

 the middle of the outer margin below the apex ; above this outer 

 spot is a slender very oblique brownish streak in the costal cilia, 

 depressed at the apex, and giving the wing a distinctly caudate 

 appearance ; cilia white, tipped with brownish above the apical 

 streak. Hind wings shining white ; cilia white. Abdomen shining 

 white. Legs white ; the posterior tarsal joints faintly spotted with 

 brownish. Exp. al. 7 mm. 



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

 Type, <? , Mus. Wlsm. 



NEPTICULIN.E. 



LICMOCEEA, gen. n. 



s a winnowing fan, x.epa$ = a horn.) 

 Type. Licmocera lyonetiella, Wlsm. 



[PL vii., fig. 88.] 



Antennae, as long as the fore wings, simple ; the basal joint much 

 developed and clothed with a wide eye-cap. Ocelli obsolete. 

 Maxillary palpi distinct, small, drooping. Labial palpi strongly 

 divergent, slender, recurved, acuminate, evenly clothed throughout 

 with smooth scales ; apical joint slightly exceeding the second 

 joint in length. Haustellum rather short, naked. Head and face 

 smooth. Fore wings narrow, elongate, gently tapering to an 

 acute apex, which is not depressed. Neuration 10 veins ; 6 and 7 

 from a common stem, 6 to apex ; 3 and 4 approximate at their 

 bases ; 1 simple at its base. Hind wings elongate, acuminate, 

 evenly attenuated from base, dorsal margin slightly convex, cilia 

 very long. Neuration 6 veins ; 3 and 4 from a point, as are also 

 5 and 6 ; cell closed ; 2 from before outer third of cell. Abdomen 

 slender, two-thirds the length of the fore wings. Legs slender, 

 posterior tibiae clothed above with short hair-like scales. 



[PI. vL, fig. 70.] 

 Licmocera lyonetiella, sp. n. 



Antennae whitish, tinged with ochreous ; with the basal joint 

 widened into an eye-cap, shining white. Labial palpi slender, 

 diverging, long and recurved, white. Maxillary palpi meeting 

 over the short tongue ; white. Head and face lustrous white. 

 Thorax white. Fore wings narrow, elongate, acute, white ; with 

 a group. of .scattered scales before the middle, two dorsal and one 



