﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
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  spots, 
  the 
  first 
  at 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  wing-length, 
  slightly 
  above 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  the 
  second 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  beyond 
  it, 
  less 
  than 
  half-v\^ay 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  cilia 
  greyish 
  cinereous. 
  Neuration, 
  vein 
  2 
  from 
  near 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  vs^ing-length, 
  carried 
  forward 
  above 
  the 
  obsolete 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem 
  ; 
  rest 
  separate. 
  Hind 
  

   wings 
  elongate, 
  subovate, 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  width 
  as 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  

   apex 
  rounded, 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  cilia 
  at 
  the 
  abdominal 
  angle 
  ; 
  greyish 
  

   cinereous, 
  with 
  slightly 
  paler 
  cilia, 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  which 
  rims 
  a 
  

   darker 
  line. 
  Neuration 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  

   from 
  a 
  common 
  stem. 
  Abdotnen 
  dilated, 
  acute, 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  

   Legs 
  cinereous, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  ashy 
  brown. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  26 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  S 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Ypsolophus, 
  F. 
  

   Ypsolophus 
  siccifoUi, 
  "Wlsm. 
  

   Malvern 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Boicker). 
  

  

  [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  43.] 
  

   Ypsolophus 
  gigas, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB, 
  in 
  the 
  J^ 
  , 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  brownish 
  bone-colonr. 
  Palpi 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  projecting 
  tuft 
  beneath 
  the 
  second 
  joint, 
  almost 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  long 
  slender 
  apical 
  joint, 
  projecting 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  beyond 
  it 
  ; 
  brownish 
  bone-colour. 
  Head 
  and 
  

   Thorax 
  brownish 
  bone-colour. 
  Fore 
  ^vings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  straight, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  depressed, 
  but 
  rather 
  pointed, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  very 
  

   oblique 
  ; 
  pale 
  bone-brownish, 
  sparsely 
  irrorated 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  darker 
  

   scales, 
  and 
  with 
  three 
  indistinct 
  darker 
  spots, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  at 
  

   half 
  its 
  length, 
  and 
  two 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  discal 
  cell, 
  

   one 
  at 
  its 
  upper, 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  its 
  lower 
  angle 
  ; 
  ciha 
  unicolorous 
  

   with 
  the 
  fore 
  wings. 
  Neuration, 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  closely 
  approximate 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem, 
  8 
  ending 
  above 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   2 
  and 
  3 
  separate. 
  Hind 
  luings 
  somewhat 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  

   with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  darker 
  line 
  running 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  still 
  

   paler 
  cilia. 
  Neuration, 
  8 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  point 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  

   separate. 
  Abdomen 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  but 
  with 
  

   about 
  six 
  transverse 
  darker 
  brown 
  segmental 
  bars, 
  corresponding 
  

   in 
  colour 
  with 
  the 
  three 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  

   anal 
  tuft. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal). 
  

   Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  