﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
  77 
  

  

  the 
  only 
  indications 
  of 
  an 
  ocelloid 
  spot 
  ; 
  cilia 
  shining 
  silvery, 
  with 
  

   a 
  dark 
  line 
  along 
  their 
  base. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  

   pale 
  cilia, 
  also 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  near 
  their 
  base. 
  Abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  CHOEEUTID^. 
  

   Choreutis, 
  Hh. 
  

   Choreutis 
  bjerkandrella, 
  Thnb. 
  

   Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  SiM^THis, 
  Leach. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  16.] 
  

  

  Simcethis 
  jiavimaculata, 
  sp.n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  ciliated 
  in 
  the 
  3' 
  '■> 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  spotted 
  above 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  ochreous. 
  Palpi 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  barred 
  

   externally 
  with 
  brown, 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  with 
  two 
  brown 
  rings, 
  one 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  other 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  Head 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  in 
  

   front, 
  brown 
  above 
  posteriorly. 
  Thorax 
  brown 
  above, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  broadly 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  an 
  orange 
  tinge 
  ; 
  yellowish 
  

   beneath. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  chocolate-brown, 
  with 
  three 
  conspicuous 
  

   yellow 
  patches, 
  all 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  orange 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  at 
  the 
  

   outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  thkd 
  occupies 
  more 
  than 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  beginning 
  narrowly 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  

   considerably 
  dilated 
  to 
  the 
  fold, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  dorsal 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  patches 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  one 
  

   almost 
  touching 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  yellow 
  

   curved 
  costal 
  streak 
  immediately 
  preceding 
  it, 
  the 
  other, 
  which 
  is 
  

   larger, 
  situated 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  rounded 
  in 
  form 
  like 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  one 
  above 
  it, 
  and 
  also 
  not 
  actually 
  reaching 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  ; 
  cilia 
  brownish 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  paler 
  outwardly. 
  Under 
  side 
  

   brownish, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  whitish 
  ochreous 
  spot 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  costal 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  indistinct 
  

   irregular 
  yellowish 
  patch 
  radiating 
  from 
  their 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  cinereous, 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  line 
  along 
  their 
  base. 
  Under 
  side 
  

   brownish. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  brown, 
  a 
  few 
  paler 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   laterally. 
  Legs 
  brown; 
  j)Osterior 
  tibiae, 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  spurs 
  con- 
  

   spicuously 
  banded 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  yellow. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Zanzibar, 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Jackson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <3^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  