﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera 
  . 
  G7 
  

  

  umber-brown 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath. 
  Thorax 
  ochreous 
  above, 
  

   brown 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  tegnlae 
  shining 
  grey. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  eosta 
  very 
  shghtly 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  apex 
  pointed, 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  oblique, 
  not 
  convex 
  : 
  silvery 
  grey, 
  with 
  four 
  narrow 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  fascise, 
  each 
  golden 
  yellow, 
  with 
  an 
  umber-brown 
  central 
  

   line 
  throughout 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  commencing 
  at 
  one-third 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  

   slender, 
  outwardly 
  convex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  central, 
  stouter, 
  slightly 
  

   convex 
  outwardly, 
  and 
  differing 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  umber-brown 
  line 
  nearly 
  covering 
  its 
  outer 
  half; 
  the 
  third 
  

   at 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  wing-length, 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  tending 
  

   outwards 
  from 
  costal 
  to 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  where 
  it 
  terminates 
  just 
  

   before 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth, 
  also 
  oblique, 
  terminating 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  fasciae 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  transverse 
  streak 
  of 
  

   a 
  similar 
  colouring, 
  immediately 
  before 
  the 
  apex, 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  

   short 
  costal 
  streak 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  a 
  diffused 
  golden 
  yellow 
  

   basal-streak 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  first 
  fascia 
  ; 
  cilia 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Under 
  side 
  greyish, 
  with 
  small 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  

   and 
  brown 
  costal 
  spots 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  and 
  cilia 
  

   grey. 
  Under 
  side 
  whitish 
  grey. 
  Ahdomen 
  darker 
  grey 
  ; 
  anal 
  tuft 
  

   ochreous. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  ochreous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Hutchinsoji) 
  . 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  3.] 
  

  

  Argyrotoxa 
  flavicostana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce, 
  head, 
  and 
  face 
  pale 
  straw-colour. 
  Palpi 
  greyish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Thorax 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  anteriorly 
  

   with 
  pale 
  straw-colour 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  pale 
  straw-colour. 
  Fore 
  tvings 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  pale 
  straw-colour 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   apical 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  clearly-defined 
  pale 
  costal 
  band 
  

   is 
  somewhat 
  sinuous 
  and 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  whitish 
  ; 
  at 
  

   one-third 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  a 
  pale 
  straw-coloured 
  transverse 
  streak, 
  or 
  

   narrow 
  fascia, 
  reaches 
  to 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  immediately 
  before 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  somewhat 
  dilated, 
  this 
  fascia 
  is 
  much 
  

   attenuated 
  (almost 
  interrupted) 
  below 
  the 
  costal 
  band, 
  with 
  which 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  blended, 
  it 
  is 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  by 
  a 
  

   whitish 
  line 
  ; 
  a 
  pale 
  whitish 
  narrow 
  sinuous 
  line 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  around 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  (4 
  or 
  5) 
  

   small 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  costal 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  pale 
  costal 
  band, 
  and 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  spots 
  (about 
  7) 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  runs 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  

   of 
  the 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   darker 
  lines. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  rather 
  pointed, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  

  

  f2 
  

  

  