﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
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  wing 
  being 
  emarginate 
  beneath 
  ; 
  cilia 
  brown. 
  Abdomen 
  brown. 
  

   Legs 
  ocbreous, 
  clouded 
  with 
  fascons. 
  Exjj. 
  al. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Accra 
  (Gold 
  Coast), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  CONCHYLIN^. 
  

   CONCHYLIS, 
  Tr. 
  

   Conchylis 
  trimeni, 
  F. 
  & 
  E. 
  

   Malvern 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  [Boivker). 
  

  

  [PL 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  5.] 
  

   Conchylis 
  tricolor, 
  sp.n. 
  

   Antennce 
  simple; 
  orange 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  leaden 
  beyond. 
  Palpi 
  

   pale 
  orange. 
  Head 
  leaden 
  grey 
  above 
  ; 
  face 
  orange. 
  Thorax 
  

   transversely 
  barred 
  with 
  orange 
  in 
  front, 
  leaden 
  grey 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   and 
  bright 
  scarlet 
  behind. 
  Fo7-e 
  luings, 
  costal 
  and 
  apical 
  portions 
  

   orange, 
  the 
  extreme 
  costal 
  margin 
  dotted 
  irregularly 
  throughout 
  

   with 
  leaden 
  grey 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  reniform 
  leaden 
  grey 
  spot 
  before 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  costa, 
  but 
  attenuated 
  downwards 
  to 
  the 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  leaden 
  grey 
  patch 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  occupying 
  three-fourths 
  

   of 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  approaching 
  the 
  costa 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  and 
  

   outer 
  angle 
  at 
  two-thirds 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  its 
  upper 
  and 
  outer 
  edges 
  

   irregularly 
  sinuous 
  and 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  somewhat 
  

   transverse, 
  oblique 
  ; 
  this 
  leaden 
  patch 
  contains 
  three 
  transverse 
  

   bright 
  vermilion 
  bars, 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  its 
  upper 
  edge, 
  and 
  a 
  spot 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  bar 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  touching 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   margin 
  is 
  angulated 
  outwards 
  on 
  the 
  fold, 
  the 
  second 
  bar 
  tending 
  

   a 
  little 
  obliquely 
  inwards 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margm 
  is 
  

   attenuated 
  (almost 
  interi'upted) 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  bar 
  starting 
  erect 
  from 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  is 
  dilated 
  and 
  

   bent 
  a 
  little 
  inwards 
  at 
  half 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   bars, 
  and 
  almost 
  touching 
  the 
  orange 
  costal 
  border, 
  lies 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   circular 
  spot 
  containing 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  scales 
  before 
  its 
  upper 
  edge, 
  

   which 
  is 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  orange 
  ; 
  cilia 
  orange. 
  Neuration 
  

   7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  depressed 
  before, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  concave 
  below, 
  the 
  

   produced 
  but 
  obtusely 
  pointed 
  apex 
  ; 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  cilia 
  the 
  

   same, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  purplish 
  gloss. 
  Neuration 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  a 
  

   common 
  stem, 
  as 
  also 
  6 
  and 
  7. 
  Abdomen 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Ex]). 
  al. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  