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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  ATYCHIADiE. 
  

   Atychia, 
  Latr. 
  

   Atychia 
  quiris, 
  F. 
  & 
  E. 
  

   Cape 
  Colony, 
  two 
  specimens 
  {G. 
  F. 
  Mathew). 
  

  

  [PL 
  iii, 
  fig. 
  17.] 
  

   Atijcliia 
  alhiciUata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Palpi 
  brownish 
  above, 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  base; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  under 
  side 
  white, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  joint, 
  

   which 
  is 
  brownish 
  above 
  and 
  below. 
  Head 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Thorax 
  blackish 
  (perhaps 
  slightly 
  darkened 
  by 
  greasiness). 
  Under 
  

   side 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  some 
  shining 
  scales. 
  Fo7-e 
  luings 
  narrow 
  ; 
  

   brownish 
  fascous, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  greyish 
  scales, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  

   outer 
  half 
  ; 
  a 
  faint 
  pale 
  line 
  about 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  ciha, 
  which 
  are 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous, 
  slenderly 
  tipped 
  with 
  white. 
  Under 
  side 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  subapical 
  patch 
  and 
  central 
  streak 
  white. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  clear 
  pure 
  white, 
  with 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous 
  base, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  band 
  of 
  

   nearly 
  half 
  their 
  width 
  running 
  around 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  and 
  apex, 
  

   widest 
  about 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  middle 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pure 
  white, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  touched 
  with 
  brownish. 
  Under 
  side 
  with 
  

   markings 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  Ahdomen 
  black, 
  

   each 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  white 
  ring 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  three 
  

   ultimate 
  annulations 
  more 
  conspicuous 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  Under 
  

   side 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  some 
  shining 
  scales. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Hutchinson). 
  

   Type, 
  (? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  species 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  quiris, 
  F. 
  & 
  E., 
  but 
  more 
  

   distinctly 
  marked. 
  

  

  Phycodes, 
  Gn. 
  

  

  [PL 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  18.] 
  

  

  Phycodes 
  punctata, 
  s]^. 
  11. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  paler 
  beneath, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  

  

  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side. 
  Palpi 
  white, 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  very 
  

  

  short, 
  not 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  head, 
  tinged 
  with 
  gi'ey 
  above. 
  

  

  Head 
  leaden 
  grey 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  face 
  shuaing 
  metallic 
  dark 
  

  

  fuscous. 
  Thorax 
  leaden 
  gsej, 
  with 
  a 
  shining 
  submetallic 
  gloss. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  shining 
  leaden 
  grey, 
  with 
  black 
  spots, 
  the 
  scales 
  so 
  

  

  arranged 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  minute 
  transverse 
  striae 
  under 
  

  

  the 
  lens 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  costal 
  mai'gin 
  are 
  five 
  very 
  small 
  spots 
  

  

  