﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lepictoptera. 
  75 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  12). 
  

   Phoxopteris 
  oculifera, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  umber. 
  Palpi 
  dark 
  umber. 
  Head 
  pale 
  umber 
  above, 
  

   frontal 
  tuft 
  dark 
  umber. 
  Thorax 
  pale 
  umber, 
  tegiilee 
  darker. 
  

   Fore 
  wings 
  miiber, 
  faintly 
  streaked 
  longitudinally 
  with 
  obscure 
  

   whitish 
  ochreous 
  lines 
  ; 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  with 
  short 
  pale 
  whitish 
  

   ochreous 
  geminations 
  throughout 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  below 
  the 
  fold, 
  and 
  about 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  the 
  pale 
  

   whitish 
  ochreous 
  streaking 
  more 
  largely 
  prevails 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   falcate 
  apex, 
  above 
  the 
  marginal 
  indentation, 
  is 
  an 
  ovate 
  dark 
  umber 
  

   spot, 
  enclosed 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  but 
  not 
  at 
  its 
  ends, 
  by 
  short 
  pale 
  

   whitish 
  ochreous 
  streaks, 
  giving 
  it 
  an 
  eye-like 
  appearance 
  ; 
  cilia 
  

   pale 
  whitish 
  ochreous, 
  tipped 
  with 
  umber 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  greyish 
  umber, 
  with 
  

   paler 
  cilia, 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  along 
  their 
  base. 
  Abdomen 
  greyish 
  

   umber. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  November, 
  " 
  on 
  species 
  of 
  

   mallow," 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

   Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  13.] 
  

   Phoxopteris 
  falcata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  pale 
  fawn. 
  Palpi 
  whitish 
  fawn, 
  rather 
  long, 
  and 
  

   roughly 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  diffuse 
  scales 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   second 
  joint. 
  Head 
  whitish 
  fawn. 
  Thorax 
  pale 
  fawn. 
  Fore 
  

   ivings 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  falcate 
  ; 
  veins 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  

   stem 
  (in 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  genus) 
  : 
  fawn- 
  

   colovir 
  along 
  the 
  costal 
  third 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  deeply 
  shaded 
  

   with 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  apical 
  portions 
  ; 
  the 
  pale 
  costal 
  third 
  

   is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  a 
  triangular 
  ill-defined 
  brown 
  shade, 
  commencing 
  

   at 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  ; 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fold 
  

   a 
  dark 
  brown 
  dash 
  points 
  obliquely 
  upwards 
  towards 
  the 
  apes 
  ; 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  apex 
  shaded 
  with 
  brown, 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  pale 
  marginal 
  ciUa. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  

   line 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Exp. 
  

   al. 
  11 
  — 
  12 
  nun. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  " 
  November, 
  taken 
  at 
  light 
  

   and 
  flying 
  among 
  mallow," 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  3- 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  apparently 
  somewhat 
  variable 
  in 
  the 
  

   extent 
  and 
  definition 
  of 
  the 
  brown 
  shading. 
  

  

  