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  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
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  transverse 
  purplish 
  fuscous 
  line, 
  beyond 
  wliicli 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  is 
  entirely 
  shaded 
  with 
  pale 
  brown, 
  or 
  brownish 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  apical 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Hind 
  

   wtw^s 
  very 
  pale 
  greyish 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  cilia 
  the 
  same. 
  Ahdomen 
  grej 
  

   anal 
  tuft 
  ochreous. 
  Legs 
  ochreous. 
  Exj). 
  al. 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  six 
  specimens 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  v., 
  fig. 
  37.] 
  

   Odites 
  cai'terella, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  fading 
  to 
  ochreous 
  towards 
  their 
  

   outer 
  extremities. 
  Palpi 
  pale 
  stramineous 
  ochreous, 
  shaded 
  ex- 
  

   ternally 
  with 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint. 
  Head 
  

   pale 
  stramineous 
  ochreous. 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  

   shining 
  pale 
  stramineous 
  ochreous, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   basal 
  patch, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  slightly 
  bulged 
  below 
  

   the 
  middle 
  ; 
  ciHa 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  wings. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   shining 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  greyish 
  ochreous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  cilia 
  the 
  

   same. 
  Ahdomen 
  pale 
  greyish 
  ochreous. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  stramineous 
  

   ochreous. 
  Exp. 
  al, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  (? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  

   Depressaria 
  culcitella, 
  H.-S. 
  

  

  Odites 
  atropimctella, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Cryptolechia 
  atropunctella, 
  Wlsm., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  

   Lond., 
  1881, 
  256. 
  

  

  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Hutchinson) 
  ; 
  Cape 
  

   Colony, 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Trimen). 
  

  

  [PI. 
  v., 
  fig. 
  38.] 
  

   Odites 
  ? 
  inconspicua, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  stone-colour. 
  Palpi 
  stone-colour, 
  paler 
  on 
  their 
  inner 
  

   surface. 
  Head 
  and 
  Thorax 
  stone-colour. 
  Fore 
  luing 
  smuicoIoxovls 
  

   stone-colour 
  ; 
  with 
  two 
  small 
  darker 
  stone-coloured 
  spots, 
  one 
  on 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  line 
  with 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  cilia 
  stone-colour. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  and 
  cilia 
  pale 
  

  

  