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  Mtcro-Lepidopteixi. 
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  Ph^casiophoea, 
  Gro^e. 
  

   [PL 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  10.] 
  

   Phcscasiophora 
  variabilis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  simple 
  ; 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Palpi 
  short 
  and 
  compact 
  

   the 
  apical 
  joint 
  small, 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  above, 
  paler 
  beneath. 
  Head 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous, 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  rough 
  scales. 
  Thorax 
  the 
  same 
  

   colour 
  as 
  the 
  head. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  paler 
  along 
  the 
  

   first 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  diffused 
  

   patch 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  small 
  dark 
  costal 
  spots 
  ; 
  beyond 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  brownish 
  

   fuscous 
  oblique 
  costal 
  streak, 
  followed 
  by 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   colour 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  apes; 
  the 
  most 
  noticeable 
  marking 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  

   is 
  a 
  large 
  dark 
  brown 
  patch 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  paler 
  about 
  the 
  

   angle 
  itself, 
  but 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  half-way 
  along 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  

   and 
  approaching 
  the 
  costa 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  end, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  deflexed 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   this 
  patch 
  is 
  edged 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  ill-defined 
  greyish 
  white 
  line 
  

   throughout 
  its 
  inner 
  and 
  upper 
  margin, 
  which 
  meets 
  a 
  short 
  

   slender 
  greyish 
  white 
  streak 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  immediately 
  

   before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  darker 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

   distinctly 
  darker 
  shade 
  along 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  cilia 
  

   greyish 
  white 
  at 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  but 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin. 
  Under 
  side 
  

   unicolorous 
  pale 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  tha 
  cilia 
  dirty 
  whitish 
  about 
  the 
  

   apex 
  and 
  anal 
  angle. 
  Hind 
  witj^'s 
  brownish 
  fuscous; 
  cilia 
  greyish 
  

   white, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  dark 
  line 
  along 
  their 
  base. 
  Ahdomen 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Exj). 
  al. 
  21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  two 
  specimens 
  (Carter). 
  

   Type, 
  3' 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  variable 
  ; 
  the 
  general 
  j)at- 
  

   tern 
  of 
  coloration 
  is 
  probably 
  maintained, 
  but 
  the 
  colours 
  

   vary 
  from 
  dark 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  to 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  or 
  

   chestnut-brown, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  even 
  to 
  other 
  tints 
  in 
  an 
  

   extended 
  series. 
  

  

  The 
  African 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  

   American 
  type, 
  as 
  described 
  by 
  Grote, 
  in 
  having 
  strong 
  

   tufts 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  (not 
  in 
  the 
  

   male 
  only). 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  does 
  

   the 
  alhed 
  genus 
  Eccopsis 
  of 
  Zeller 
  (equal 
  Clemens' 
  North 
  

   American 
  Exartema), 
  but 
  that 
  this 
  North 
  American 
  

   genus, 
  described 
  by 
  Grote 
  ^Bull. 
  Buff. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  H., 
  I., 
  90, 
  

  

  