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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  stone-grey. 
  Abdomen 
  stone-grey, 
  anal 
  tuft 
  inclining 
  to 
  ochreous. 
  

   Legs 
  stone-grey. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Batliurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Cartel-). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  in 
  having 
  

   veins 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  from 
  a 
  curved 
  common 
  

   stem. 
  

  

  Idiopteryx, 
  gen. 
  n. 
  

  

  (('5loj=peculiar, 
  5rT£fy|=a 
  wing.) 
  

  

  Type. 
  Cryptolechia 
  ohliquella, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  81.] 
  

  

  Antennce 
  ciliate 
  \ 
  ; 
  basal 
  joint 
  slightly 
  thickened, 
  without 
  pecten. 
  

   Labial 
  -palpi 
  slender, 
  recurved 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  scales, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  

   project 
  beyond 
  it. 
  Maxillary 
  pialxn 
  short, 
  appressed 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  

   haustellum. 
  Haustelhnn 
  moderately 
  long, 
  scaled 
  at 
  base. 
  Ocelli 
  

   obsolete. 
  Head 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  scales. 
  Fore 
  ivings, 
  apex 
  

   produced, 
  costal 
  margin 
  scarcely' 
  convex, 
  apical 
  margin 
  obHque. 
  

   Neuration 
  12 
  veins 
  ; 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  out 
  of 
  7, 
  7 
  to 
  costa 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  out 
  of 
  2, 
  

   2 
  curved 
  from 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  5 
  arising 
  immediately 
  above 
  2 
  ; 
  1 
  

   furcate 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  internal 
  vein 
  from 
  between 
  5 
  and 
  6. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   broader 
  than 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  apex 
  slightly 
  produced, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  oblique. 
  Neuration 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  

   stem, 
  6 
  to 
  costa, 
  7 
  to 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  separate 
  ; 
  5 
  continued 
  

   through 
  cell 
  to 
  base 
  ; 
  8 
  connected 
  with 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  cell 
  by 
  a 
  

   cross-vein 
  near 
  base 
  ; 
  1 
  b 
  fiu'cate 
  at 
  base. 
  Legs 
  : 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  thickly 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  long 
  rough 
  hair-scales. 
  

  

  Idiopteryx 
  ohliquella, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Cryptolechia 
  ohliquella, 
  Wlsm., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

   1881, 
  254—5. 
  

  

  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Lecithocera, 
  H.-S. 
  

  

  [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  39.] 
  

  

  Lecithocera 
  marginata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  wings; 
  pale 
  oclrreous. 
  Palpi 
  

  

  recurved 
  ; 
  tawny 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  second 
  joint. 
  Head 
  and 
  face 
  tawny 
  fuscous, 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  sides 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Thorax 
  tawny 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  tegulai' 
  pale 
  

  

  