﻿African 
  Micro- 
  LejndojJtera 
  . 
  85 
  

  

  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  by 
  three 
  cuneiform 
  brown 
  spots, 
  two 
  costal 
  and 
  

   one 
  dorsal, 
  all 
  pointing 
  downwards, 
  and 
  sufficiently 
  connected 
  to 
  

   form 
  a 
  V-shaped 
  mark, 
  with 
  its 
  apex 
  approximate 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  costal 
  spots 
  impinge 
  upon 
  

   the 
  opposite 
  upper 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  spot, 
  which 
  occupies 
  the 
  

   lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  cilia 
  whitish 
  ochreous, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  

   brownish 
  spots 
  at 
  their 
  bases. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  grey, 
  with 
  scarcely 
  

   paler 
  ciha. 
  Abdomen 
  grey. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  ochreous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  

   14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Delagoa 
  Bay 
  (E. 
  Africa) 
  ; 
  two 
  specimens 
  

  

  (Druce) 
  . 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  form, 
  perhaps 
  allied 
  to 
  Euplocamus 
  stiq^ens, 
  

   Wlgrn. 
  

  

  Lasioctena, 
  Meyr. 
  

  

  Lasioctena 
  sisyrcea, 
  Meyr., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

  

  1887, 
  279. 
  

   Grahamstown 
  (Cape 
  Colony). 
  

  

  COMPSOCTENA, 
  Z. 
  

  

  Compsoctena 
  primella, 
  Z. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  fortunate 
  in 
  having 
  received 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  this 
  

   species. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  fulfil 
  Zeller's 
  prophecy 
  tliat 
  it 
  

   would 
  probably 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  apterous 
  (Hand. 
  Kong. 
  

   Svensk. 
  Vet.-Ak., 
  1852, 
  87), 
  nor 
  my 
  own 
  suggestion 
  that 
  

   it 
  would 
  have 
  smaller 
  wings 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  body 
  than 
  the 
  

   male 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1881, 
  227) 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  con- 
  

   trary, 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  larger 
  (exp. 
  al. 
  ^ 
  16 
  — 
  18 
  mm., 
  ? 
  

   20 
  mm.). 
  

  

  The 
  body 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  posteriorly, 
  

   the 
  ovipositor 
  is 
  conspicuously 
  produced 
  and 
  abruptly 
  

   squared 
  at 
  the 
  end, 
  not 
  acute. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  thickly 
  

   and 
  coarsely 
  scaled, 
  not 
  with 
  clearly 
  divided 
  pectinations, 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  some 
  degree 
  pectinated, 
  

   the 
  pectinations 
  compressed 
  together, 
  and 
  lying 
  forward 
  

   along 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  antenna. 
  The 
  palpi 
  are 
  roughly 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  long 
  scattered 
  hair-scales, 
  less 
  closely 
  

   appressed 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  coloration 
  is 
  much 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  There 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  this 
  genus 
  should 
  be 
  

   placed 
  among 
  the 
  Tineidce, 
  where 
  it 
  should 
  stand 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  