﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lepidoptera. 
  109 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  along 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  bntnot 
  quite 
  reaching 
  

   to 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  fuscous 
  spots, 
  two 
  

   small 
  and 
  one 
  larger 
  ; 
  a 
  slender 
  shining 
  leaden 
  grey 
  line 
  borders 
  

   the 
  wing, 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  along 
  the 
  extreme 
  apical 
  

   margin, 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  apex 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  cilia 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  cinereous, 
  with 
  two 
  darker 
  lines, 
  one 
  along 
  their 
  base, 
  the 
  

   other 
  along 
  their 
  outer 
  edge. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  pale 
  leaden 
  grey 
  ; 
  cilia 
  

   cinereous. 
  Abdomen 
  cinereous. 
  Legs 
  whitish, 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  

   with 
  long 
  hairs 
  above, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  spotted 
  with 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Ex;p. 
  al. 
  13 
  — 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia) 
  ; 
  four 
  specimens 
  taken 
  in 
  

   November 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  bears 
  a 
  great 
  resemblance 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  

   markings 
  to 
  Bryophila 
  perla 
  and 
  glandifera. 
  

  

  Megaceaspedus, 
  Z. 
  

  

  [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  47.] 
  

  

  Megacraspedus 
  sufusellus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  whitish 
  cinereous. 
  Palpi 
  whitish, 
  dusted 
  with 
  

   cinereous, 
  especially 
  on 
  their 
  outer 
  sides 
  along 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  

   the 
  long 
  projecting 
  tuft 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  joint. 
  Head 
  and 
  Thorax 
  

   whitish, 
  dusted 
  with 
  cinereous. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  whitish, 
  dusted 
  with 
  

   cinereous, 
  the 
  darker 
  dusting 
  forming 
  diffused 
  and 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

   distinct 
  spot-like 
  marks 
  below 
  the 
  costa 
  at 
  the 
  basal 
  thu-d, 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  ; 
  cilia 
  dirty 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  

   cinereous 
  line 
  along 
  their 
  middle, 
  and 
  another 
  before 
  their 
  tips. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  very 
  pointed, 
  with 
  margin 
  deeply 
  excised 
  below 
  the 
  

   apex; 
  shining 
  bone-white; 
  cilia 
  whitish 
  cinereous. 
  Abdomen 
  

   cinereous, 
  barred 
  with 
  dirty 
  whitish. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  cinereous. 
  

   Exio. 
  al. 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  3- 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  only 
  a 
  local 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   European 
  Megacraspedus 
  imparelhis, 
  F. 
  K., 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  

   in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  distinct 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  

   in 
  its 
  generally 
  more 
  dirty 
  and 
  suffused 
  appearance. 
  

  

  