﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lepidojytera. 
  105 
  

  

  ochreous. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  tawny 
  fuscous, 
  narrowly 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  

   along 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  this 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  

   costal 
  streak 
  is 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  tapering 
  outwards, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  fiiscous 
  shade 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  costal 
  margin 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   dark 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  are 
  two 
  small 
  obscure 
  dark 
  tawny 
  brown 
  

   spots, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  another 
  

   just 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  equidistant 
  from 
  

   the 
  costal 
  and 
  dorsal 
  margins 
  ; 
  cilia 
  tawny 
  grey. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   grey; 
  cilia 
  tawny 
  grey. 
  Abdomen 
  tawny 
  grey, 
  with 
  paler 
  anal 
  

   tuft. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  40.] 
  

   Lecithoceraflavipalpis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  thickened, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  middle, 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  bronze-colour. 
  Palpi 
  recurved, 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  head; 
  second 
  joint 
  thickened 
  with 
  closely 
  appressed 
  scales 
  

   beneath; 
  apical 
  joint 
  slender, 
  acute. 
  Haustellu^n 
  pale 
  ochreous. 
  

   Head 
  bronzy 
  above, 
  orange-yellow 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  Thorax 
  bronze- 
  

   colour. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  costa 
  scarcely 
  convex 
  

   near 
  the 
  base, 
  apical 
  margin 
  obliquely 
  convex 
  ; 
  deep 
  bronze-colour, 
  

   without 
  markings 
  (under 
  the 
  lens 
  minutely 
  irrorated 
  with 
  paler 
  

   scales) 
  ; 
  cilia 
  shining 
  bronzy. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  wide, 
  not 
  emarginate 
  

   below 
  the 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  apex 
  ; 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  

   bronzy 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  cilia 
  the 
  same, 
  rather 
  shining. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  

   bronzy 
  fuscous. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  tinged 
  with 
  bronzy 
  fuscous 
  

   on 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsal 
  joints. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Lecithocera 
  maculata, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Tangani 
  (Kolumbi 
  Creek, 
  East 
  Africa), 
  August, 
  one 
  

   specimen 
  {Jackson). 
  

  

  TiMYRA, 
  Wkr. 
  

  

  [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  41; 
  PL 
  viL, 
  fig. 
  83.] 
  

  

  Timyra 
  extranea, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  ^ 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  conspicuously 
  projecting 
  

  

  tuft 
  of 
  greyish 
  scales 
  beneath 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  ; 
  in 
  

  

  