﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
  89 
  

  

  brown 
  ; 
  this 
  curved 
  line 
  is 
  preceded 
  in 
  the 
  costal 
  cilia 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  

   inwardly 
  oblique 
  whitish 
  streak, 
  margined 
  by 
  bronzy-brown 
  scales, 
  

   and 
  below 
  it, 
  in 
  the 
  cilia 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  corre- 
  

   sponding 
  whitish 
  scales, 
  below 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  slender 
  broken 
  bronzy 
  

   line 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cilia, 
  which 
  are 
  dirty 
  white, 
  shading 
  to 
  

   bronzy 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  bronzy 
  brown, 
  with 
  

   a 
  darker 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  unicolorous 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  

   and 
  Legs 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  spotted 
  with 
  white. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  10 
  — 
  

   11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  3- 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  A 
  small, 
  rather 
  obscure 
  species, 
  but 
  very 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   any 
  of 
  its 
  known 
  European 
  or 
  American 
  allies. 
  

  

  Nemotois, 
  Hh. 
  

   [PL 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  26.] 
  

   Nemotois 
  humilis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  bronzy, 
  faintly 
  annulated, 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  fore 
  wings. 
  Palpi 
  very 
  short, 
  roughly 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   hair-like 
  scales. 
  Head 
  dull 
  purplish 
  fuscous. 
  Thorax 
  shining 
  

   bronzy. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  shining 
  bronzy, 
  without 
  markings 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metallic 
  scales 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  lines 
  throughout, 
  divided 
  from 
  each 
  

   other 
  by 
  the 
  darkened 
  ground 
  colour, 
  which 
  is 
  scarcely 
  visible 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  them. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  pm-plish, 
  with 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  purplish 
  

   cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  fuscous. 
  Legs 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsal 
  

   joints 
  faintly 
  pale 
  spotted. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Delagoa 
  Bay 
  (East 
  Africa) 
  ; 
  five 
  specimens 
  

   {Driice). 
  

   Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  small 
  unicolorous 
  species 
  allied 
  to 
  cupria- 
  

   cellus, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  HYPONOMEUTIN^. 
  

   Hyponomeuta, 
  Z. 
  

   Hyponomeuta 
  suhplumhellus, 
  Wlsm. 
  

   Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Hyponomeuta 
  strigillatus, 
  Z. 
  

  

  Hyponomeuta 
  strigillatus, 
  Z., 
  Hand. 
  Kong. 
  Svensk. 
  

  

  Vet.-Ak., 
  1852, 
  102—3. 
  

   N. 
  syn. 
  = 
  Hyponomeuta 
  perficitellus, 
  Wkr., 
  Cat. 
  Lp. 
  

  

  Ins. 
  B. 
  M., 
  XXVIIL, 
  531—2 
  (1863). 
  

  

  