﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lepidoptera. 
  83 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  22).] 
  

   Autochthonus 
  chalybielkis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  AntenncB 
  simple'; 
  ochreous. 
  Palpi 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  the 
  erect 
  

   apical 
  joint 
  naked; 
  second 
  joint 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  projecting 
  

   scales 
  beneath. 
  Head 
  pale 
  ochreous. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  mottled 
  rather 
  

   transversely 
  throughout 
  with 
  about 
  equal 
  proportions 
  of 
  shining 
  

   steel-grey, 
  rich 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  the 
  latter 
  prevailing 
  

   in 
  the 
  numerous 
  tufts 
  of 
  raised 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  

   wing-surface 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  sometimes 
  shielded 
  with 
  steel-grey 
  on 
  

   their 
  anterior 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  of 
  these 
  tufts 
  are, 
  one 
  

   above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  but 
  below 
  the 
  fold, 
  another 
  

   above 
  it 
  near 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  and 
  another 
  about 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  whole 
  wing-surface 
  is 
  very 
  roughly 
  scaled 
  (the 
  

   species 
  calling 
  to 
  mind 
  the 
  paler 
  but 
  very 
  similar 
  Ewplocamus 
  

   horridella, 
  Wkr., 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs, 
  as 
  subsequently 
  stated) 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  mixed 
  brownish 
  and 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  aeneous, 
  with 
  a 
  purplish 
  gloss 
  ; 
  cilia 
  shining 
  greyish. 
  

   Abdomen 
  brownish 
  grey 
  ; 
  anal 
  tuft 
  ochreous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  14 
  — 
  

   16 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  ScALiDOMiA, 
  gen. 
  n. 
  

   (a-Kahig 
  =. 
  a 
  hoe, 
  ufieg 
  = 
  shoulder) 
  . 
  

   Type. 
  Tinea 
  horridella, 
  Wkr. 
  

   [PL 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  75.] 
  

   AntentiiB 
  stout, 
  very 
  slightly 
  serrated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings. 
  Labial 
  palpi, 
  second 
  joint 
  

   slightly 
  recurved, 
  clothed 
  with 
  projecting 
  scales 
  beneath 
  ; 
  apical 
  

   joint 
  obliquely 
  erect, 
  cylindrical, 
  obtuse, 
  about 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  joint. 
  Maxillary 
  palpi, 
  Haustelluni, 
  and 
  Ocelli 
  

   obsolete. 
  Head 
  rough. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  elongate, 
  apical 
  margin 
  

   obUquely 
  convex, 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  width 
  equal 
  to 
  about 
  one-third 
  

   the 
  length 
  ; 
  wing-surface 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tufted 
  with 
  raised 
  scales. 
  

   Neuration 
  11 
  veins 
  ; 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem, 
  7 
  to 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   other 
  veins 
  separate 
  ; 
  an 
  internal 
  vein 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  space 
  

   between 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  to 
  between 
  9 
  and 
  10. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  lanceolate- 
  

   ovate, 
  apex 
  produced, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  convex, 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  slightly 
  depressed 
  from 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Neuration 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  somewhat 
  approximate 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  

   7 
  parallel 
  ; 
  two 
  internal 
  veins, 
  one 
  fr'ora 
  base 
  of 
  4, 
  the 
  other 
  fiom 
  

  

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