﻿94 
  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  [PL 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  31.] 
  

   Gelechia 
  paljngera, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  ochreous. 
  Palpi 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  

   and 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  white. 
  Head 
  and 
  Thorax 
  

   greyish 
  ochreous. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  greyish 
  ochreous, 
  paler 
  along 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  half 
  ; 
  a 
  brown 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin 
  is 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  slender 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  with 
  

   a 
  brown 
  shade 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  which, 
  commencing 
  

   very 
  obliquely, 
  is 
  margined 
  internally 
  by 
  a 
  whitish 
  line, 
  and 
  

   interrupted 
  about 
  half-way 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  by 
  a 
  similar, 
  slender, 
  very 
  

   oblique 
  whitish 
  line 
  running 
  to 
  a 
  whitish 
  subapieal 
  patch 
  (not 
  

   visible 
  in 
  every 
  specimen), 
  below 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  dark 
  scales 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  cilia 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  wing-surface 
  a 
  small 
  fuscous 
  

   spot 
  lies 
  beyond 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  opposite 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  white 
  costal 
  streak 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  specimen 
  this 
  is 
  pre- 
  

   ceded 
  by 
  two 
  similar 
  spots, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  

   about 
  equidistant 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  ; 
  cilia 
  greyish 
  ochreous. 
  

   Underside 
  unicolorous 
  brownish 
  ochreous. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  and 
  cilia 
  

   dark 
  grey. 
  Abdomen 
  brownish 
  ochreous. 
  Legs 
  greyish 
  ochreous. 
  

   Exp. 
  al. 
  14 
  — 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Delagoa 
  Bay 
  (East 
  Africa), 
  t^YO 
  specimens 
  

   (Druce) 
  . 
  

  

  Type, 
  (? 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  specimen 
  has 
  the 
  three 
  spots, 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   only 
  one. 
  

  

  Brachmia, 
  Hein. 
  

   Brachmia 
  trigella, 
  Z. 
  

   Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Brachmia 
  suhsecivella, 
  Z. 
  

   Estcom-t 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {HutcJiinson). 
  

  

  Anacampsis, 
  Crt. 
  

   Anacampsis 
  laniprostoma, 
  Z. 
  

   Gclechia 
  laniprostoma, 
  Z., 
  Is., 
  1847, 
  851. 
  

   N. 
  syn.=^ 
  GelecJda 
  Zulu, 
  Wlsm., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc.Lond., 
  

  

  1881, 
  261-2. 
  

   Gelechia 
  zulu, 
  Wlsm., 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  s3'nonym 
  

   of 
  lamprostoma, 
  Z. 
  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  widely 
  

   distributed 
  ; 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  Sicily, 
  Spain, 
  Asia 
  ]\Iinor, 
  and 
  

   India, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Africa. 
  

  

  