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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  margin 
  at 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  wing-length, 
  reaches 
  to 
  beyond 
  

   one-third 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  and 
  is 
  slightly 
  serrated 
  throughout 
  ; 
  

   this 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  irregularly 
  diffused 
  olivaceous 
  patch, 
  

   above 
  which, 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  are 
  two 
  more 
  olivaceous 
  spots, 
  with 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  short 
  oblique 
  costal 
  streaklets 
  between, 
  before, 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   them 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  olivaceous 
  patch 
  are 
  streaks 
  and 
  mottlings 
  of 
  

   chestnut-brown, 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  costal 
  quarter 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  shining 
  dark 
  ptirplish 
  fuscous, 
  almost 
  black. 
  Under 
  side 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  si^ace 
  along 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  

   apical 
  margins, 
  which 
  is 
  irrorated 
  throughout 
  and 
  shaded 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  costa 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Hind 
  tvings 
  

   brownish 
  grey, 
  with 
  slightly 
  paler 
  cilia, 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  which 
  

   runs 
  a 
  slender 
  Hue 
  of 
  the 
  wing-colour. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  brownish 
  

   grey. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  ochreous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  A 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  distinct 
  species, 
  easily 
  recognised 
  

   by 
  the 
  short 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  dark 
  basal-patch, 
  con- 
  

   trasting 
  somewhat 
  strongly 
  with 
  the 
  paler 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  beyond 
  it. 
  

  

  Sericoeis, 
  Tr. 
  

   [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  9.] 
  

   Sericoris 
  apicijmnctana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  grey. 
  Palpi 
  tawny 
  grey, 
  pale 
  beneath 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  apex. 
  Head 
  tawny 
  grey, 
  the 
  face 
  paler. 
  Thorax 
  tawny 
  

   grey. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  an 
  equal 
  admixture 
  of 
  

   diffused 
  leaden 
  grey 
  mottHngs, 
  the 
  darker 
  shade 
  prevailing 
  only 
  in 
  

   an 
  ill-defined 
  oblique 
  transverse 
  band 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  pale 
  

   costal 
  geminations 
  are 
  alternated 
  with 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  spots 
  or 
  

   streaks, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  most 
  conspicuous, 
  the 
  

   first 
  costal, 
  triangular^ 
  and 
  outwardly 
  oblique, 
  the 
  other 
  apical, 
  

   larger, 
  more 
  rounded, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  inverted 
  ; 
  some 
  tawny-brown 
  

   colom-ing 
  is 
  visible 
  aboiit 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  geminations; 
  cilia 
  

   tawny, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  a 
  dark 
  Hne 
  near 
  their 
  base. 
  Hind 
  

   luings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  paler 
  cilia, 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  which 
  

   runs 
  a 
  pale 
  line. 
  Abdomen 
  brownish 
  fiiscous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  12 
  — 
  

   16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  three 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

   Type, 
  (? 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  