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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  PL 
  II., 
  4 
  — 
  6 
  (1873) 
  ), 
  also 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  African 
  con- 
  

   tinent. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  11.] 
  

   Phxecasiophora 
  hasicornis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  greyish 
  cinereous, 
  faintly 
  annulated 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   distinctly 
  white 
  above. 
  Palpi 
  greyish, 
  fuscous; 
  the 
  second 
  joiiit 
  

   stout 
  and 
  thickly 
  clothed. 
  Head 
  and 
  face 
  dark 
  brownish 
  fiiscous, 
  

   a 
  few 
  dirty 
  whitish 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  crest. 
  Thorax 
  mottled 
  cinereous 
  

   and 
  fascous, 
  its 
  anterior 
  edge 
  darker 
  ; 
  posterior 
  edge 
  and 
  tegulse 
  

   with 
  some 
  brownish 
  scales. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  sprinkled 
  and 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  cinereous, 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  and 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  base 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

   on 
  the 
  costal 
  half, 
  streaked 
  with 
  very 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  along 
  the 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  the 
  reddish 
  brown 
  scaling 
  is 
  continued 
  towards 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   margin 
  in 
  scattered 
  patches, 
  forming 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  ill-defined 
  basal- 
  

   patch 
  ; 
  beyond 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  pale 
  cinereous 
  ill-defined 
  transverse 
  fascia, 
  

   rather 
  bowed 
  outwards, 
  and 
  much 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  dusky 
  scaling, 
  a 
  

   patch 
  of 
  grey 
  occupying 
  its 
  central 
  part 
  above 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  beyond 
  

   this 
  fascia 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  shade 
  of 
  chocolate-brown, 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  grey 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  half, 
  narrow 
  at 
  the 
  costal, 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   margin, 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  and 
  angulated 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  its 
  outer 
  

   edge 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  chocolate-brown 
  shade 
  is 
  a 
  

   conspicuoiTs 
  whitish 
  grey 
  subcostal 
  patch, 
  into 
  which 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   four 
  geminated 
  whitish 
  grey 
  streaks 
  xxm 
  from 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   a 
  chocolate-brown 
  patch 
  encroaches 
  upon 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   pale 
  subcostal 
  patch, 
  which 
  runs 
  to 
  a 
  subfalcate 
  attenuated 
  point 
  

   below 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  a 
  slender 
  whitish 
  line 
  interrupts 
  the 
  ciUa 
  on 
  

   the 
  apical 
  margin; 
  the 
  chocolate-brown 
  is 
  modified 
  with 
  grey 
  

   above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  cilia 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  greyish 
  at 
  the 
  

   lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  

   with 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  throughout 
  the 
  greyish 
  cilia. 
  Ahdomen 
  brownish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Legs 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  tufts 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  

   distinctly 
  whitish 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  and 
  on 
  their 
  inner 
  sides. 
  Exii. 
  al. 
  

   23 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  but 
  one 
  specimen 
  ; 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  probably 
  

   variable, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  

   previously 
  described. 
  

  

  Phoxoptiseis, 
  Tr. 
  

   Phoxopteris 
  natalana, 
  Wlsm, 
  

   Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  