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costal spot fawn-brown, also a few fawn-brown scales near the base 

 of the dorsal margin ; the dorso -marginal spots are elongate, semi- 

 ovate, the first immediately before the middle, the second at one- 

 fourth from the apex, above and scarcely before this is the smaller 

 oblique costal spot, rather darker in colour than the others ; at the 

 extreme apex is a round shining metallic silvery spot, preceded by 

 two or three brownish scales in the base of the white costal cilia ; 

 cilia at the apex white, at the anal angle brownish grey. Hind 

 wings elongate, evenly attenuated from the base, the dorsal margin 

 slightly convex, together with the cilia pale brownish grey. Abdo- 

 men narrow, acute, pale, shining brassy yellowish above, whitish 

 at the sides and beneath. Legs white. Exp. al. 11 mm. 



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

 Type, $ ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



OXYMACHJERIS, gen. n. 

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Type, $ . Oxymachceris niveocervina, Wlsm. - 



[PL vii., fig. 89.] 



Antenna simple, about two-thirds the length of the fore wings ; 

 basal joint somewhat enlarged. Labial palpi slender, drooping, 

 the apical joint as long as the second. Maxillary palpi con- 

 spicuous, drooping. Haustellum moderate. Ocelli obsolete. Fore 

 wings lanceolate, acute, the costal and dorsal margins about equally 

 convex. Neuration 8 veins ; 5 and 6 from a common stem, 

 enclosing the apex ; the rest separate ; 1 simple. Hind wings 

 lanceolate, acute, the costal and dorsal margins about equally con- 

 vex. Neuration 5 veins ; 1, 2 and 5 simple ; 3 and 4 stalked. Legs : 

 posterior tibise thinly hairy. 



[PL vi., fig. 71.] 

 Oxymacharis niveocervina, sp. n. 



Antenna pale fawn-colour. Palpi pale fawn-colour. Head and 

 face white. Thorax white at the sides, yellowish fawn above. 

 Fore wings bright yellowish fawn, with a richer more brownish 

 tinge above the anal angle ; a snow-white triangular patch on the 

 middle of the base does not quite reach the costal or dorsal mar- 

 gins ; a broad snow-white fascia runs obliquely inwards from the 

 middle of the costal to before the middle of the dorsal margin, its 



TRANS. ENT, SOC. LONP, 1891. PART I. (MARCH.) K 



