﻿African 
  Micro-Lcpidopfeiri. 
  09 
  

  

  Brachycrossata, 
  Sect. 
  B. 
  

   Brachycrossata 
  septella, 
  Z. 
  

   Gelechia 
  (Notliris) 
  septella, 
  Z., 
  Hand. 
  Kong, 
  Svensk. 
  

  

  Vet.-Ak., 
  1852, 
  108—9. 
  

   Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  seven 
  specimens 
  (Carter) 
  ; 
  Tan- 
  

   gani 
  (Kolumbi 
  Creek, 
  East 
  Africa), 
  August, 
  one 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  [Jackson). 
  

  

  [PL 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  35.J 
  

   Brachycrossata 
  marginata 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  AntenncB 
  pale 
  fawn-brown, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  shaded 
  with 
  greyish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Palpi 
  slender 
  ; 
  pale 
  fawn-brown 
  on 
  their 
  inner 
  sides 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  pale 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Head 
  dull 
  fawn-brown, 
  shaded 
  with 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  

   and 
  vertex. 
  Thorax 
  dull 
  fawn-brown. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  pale 
  fawn- 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  a 
  discal 
  spot 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  even 
  width 
  

   from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  costal 
  mar- 
  

   gin, 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  obscure 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  

   costal 
  streak 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  

   indication 
  of 
  a 
  second 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  fawn- 
  

   brown. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  greyish 
  

   fuscous, 
  with 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  greyish 
  fuscous; 
  the 
  

   3' 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  ochreous 
  anal 
  tuft. 
  Exy. 
  al. 
  15 
  — 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  agrees 
  with 
  septella, 
  Z., 
  in 
  having 
  veins 
  

   2 
  and 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  from 
  a 
  curved 
  common 
  stem. 
  

  

  Odites, 
  gen. 
  n. 
  

  

  (oSjthj 
  = 
  traveller.) 
  

  

  Type. 
  Odites 
  natalensis, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  80.] 
  

  

  AntenncB 
  simple 
  ; 
  basal 
  joint 
  slightly 
  thickened, 
  without 
  pecten. 
  

  

  Labial 
  palpi 
  slender, 
  recurved; 
  apical 
  joint 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  second 
  joint, 
  sharply 
  acuminate 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  clothed 
  with 
  

  

  appressed 
  scales, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  project 
  beyond 
  it. 
  Maxillary 
  palin 
  

  

  short, 
  meeting 
  over 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  haustellum. 
  Haustellum 
  

  

  moderately 
  long, 
  scaled 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Ocelli 
  obsolete. 
  Head 
  

  

  slightly 
  roughened. 
  Fore 
  wings, 
  apex 
  produced, 
  costal 
  margin 
  

  

  scarcely 
  convex, 
  apical 
  margin 
  oblique. 
  Neuration 
  12 
  veins 
  > 
  

  

  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem 
  enclosing 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  rest 
  separate 
  ; 
  2 
  

  

  H 
  2 
  

  

  