﻿African 
  Micro-Lepldoptera. 
  79 
  

  

  rom 
  the 
  base, 
  followed 
  by 
  one 
  slightly 
  larger, 
  one 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  which 
  is 
  again 
  followed 
  by 
  two 
  small 
  and 
  one 
  larger, 
  

   beyond 
  which 
  are 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  small 
  ones 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   spots 
  are 
  six 
  distinct 
  ones 
  and 
  one 
  small 
  one, 
  arranged 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   one 
  above 
  and 
  one 
  below 
  the 
  fold, 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   lower 
  one 
  is 
  considerably 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  ; 
  a 
  

   transverse 
  line 
  of 
  three 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  slightly 
  

   oblique 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  one 
  distinct 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  but 
  not 
  touching 
  it, 
  and 
  above 
  this 
  

   one 
  small 
  one 
  rather 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  cilia 
  shining 
  leaden 
  grey 
  with 
  a 
  

   bronzy 
  tinge. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous, 
  showing 
  two 
  pale 
  spaces 
  radiating 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   to 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white, 
  tinged 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   at 
  the 
  apical 
  and 
  abdominal 
  angles. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  brownish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  above, 
  beneath 
  bright 
  glossy 
  

   shining 
  white. 
  Legs 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  faintly 
  pale 
  spotted 
  above, 
  

   beneath 
  bright 
  glossy 
  shining 
  white. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  20 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   Type, 
  3- 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PL 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  19.] 
  

   Phycodes 
  siihstriata, 
  sp.n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  fuscous. 
  Palyi 
  fuscous. 
  Haustellum 
  brown, 
  long, 
  

   and 
  naked. 
  Head 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  face 
  shining 
  bronzy. 
  Thorax 
  

   cinereous, 
  speckled 
  with 
  fuscous 
  above, 
  pure 
  white 
  beneath. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  cinereous, 
  densely 
  striated 
  with 
  slender 
  transverse 
  brownish 
  

   fuscous 
  lines, 
  and 
  with 
  one 
  fascia 
  and 
  several 
  costal 
  and 
  discal 
  

   spots 
  also 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  fascia 
  is 
  narrow 
  and 
  straight 
  from 
  

   costal 
  to 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  at 
  about 
  one-third 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  pre- 
  

   ceded 
  by 
  two 
  small 
  costal 
  spots, 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   others, 
  also 
  costal, 
  with 
  faint 
  indications 
  of 
  other 
  diffused 
  costal 
  

   spots 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  at 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  

   single 
  spot 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  with 
  three 
  smaller 
  ones 
  

   above, 
  below, 
  and 
  before 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  is 
  strongly 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  shining 
  bronzy 
  brown 
  ; 
  cilia 
  shining 
  bronzy. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  whitish 
  cilia, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex. 
  Abdomen 
  

   and 
  legs 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  17 
  — 
  

   18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Zanzibar, 
  three 
  specimens 
  {Jackson). 
  

   Type, 
  3 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Phycodes 
  minor, 
  Whm., 
  

   an 
  Indian 
  form. 
  

  

  