Equatorial African Micro-lepidoptera. 35 



PTEROPHORID^E. 



CROCYDOSCELUS, gen. n. 



= a piece of wool, <e'Aos = a leg.) 



TYPE. Crocydoscelus ferrugineum, Wlsm. 



A ntenncG half the length of the forewings, scarcely pubescent in 

 the Q, somewhat flattened laterally. Labial palpi slender, pro- 

 jecting about the length of the head beyond it ; apical joint nearly 

 as long as the second, which is slightly recurved. Haustellum well 

 developed. Head clothed above with bifid scales. Thorax stout, 

 smooth. Forewings narrow, bilobed, the fissure commencing at 

 about three-fourths from the base ; the anterior lobe as wide as 

 the second, slightly uncate at the apex ; second lobe square- ended. 

 Xi-uration, 12 veins ; 8 and 9 stalked, 8 to apex ; 3 and 4 stalked. 

 JIindti:inrj8 trilobed, the anterior fissure extending to one-half, the 

 lower fissure ^ot reaching to the base ; third lobe filiform, with a 

 spatule of black scales in the cilia at its apex. Neuration, 8 veins ; 

 7 to apex of upper lobe ; 5 and 6 short, to fissure ; 3 and 4 approxi- 

 mate towards origin, 4 to apex and 3 to angle of second lobe ; 

 1 to apex of third lobe. Abdomen widened in the middle, tapering 

 to the anal segments. Ley*, anterior pair with a wide tuft at the 

 end of the tibise ; middle pair with a similar tuft ; posterior pair 

 with three outspreading fan-like tufts, the first small, near the base 

 of the tibias, the other two much larger, arising above the base of 

 the spurs, the inner spurs much longer than the outer, slightly 

 clothed, outer spurs densely clothed. 



** Crocydoscelus ferrugineum, sp. n. (PI. II., fig. 1.) 



Antenna greyish fuscous, with a reduplicated white line and 

 white spots above. Palpi, head, and thorax ferruginous. Fore- 

 ''inijs ferruginous, banded across the outer half of the lobes with 

 tawny fuscous and reddish cupreous, with a faint indication of a 

 white, transverse streak on each lobe ; the apical margin of the 

 anterior lobe is slightly unc-ate, the cilia blackish along their base, 

 their outer half tawny-grey ; on the second lobe the cilia are 

 similarly coloured, but the tawny grey does not extend to 

 the torrms, where they are purplish, and behind it they 

 become pale ferruginous on the dorsum. Exp. al., 15 inm. 



