﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lejndoptera. 
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  XYLOBYCTIN^. 
  

  

  Ide, 
  Chamh. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  v., 
  fig. 
  50.] 
  

  

  Ide 
  complanella, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  ciliated 
  in 
  the 
  <? 
  ; 
  grey. 
  Palpi 
  stone-grey, 
  inclining 
  to 
  

   ochreous 
  towards 
  their 
  apex. 
  Head 
  and 
  Thorax 
  greyish 
  stone- 
  

   colour. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  grejash 
  stone-colour, 
  tinged 
  with 
  ochreous 
  

   along 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  throughout 
  their 
  length; 
  cilia 
  shining 
  

   silvery. 
  Neuration 
  12 
  veins; 
  all 
  separate; 
  16 
  furcate 
  at 
  base. 
  

   Hind 
  ivings 
  stone-grey, 
  with 
  pale 
  shining 
  cilia. 
  Neuration 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  

   6 
  and 
  7 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  ; 
  1 
  h 
  furcate 
  

   at 
  base 
  ; 
  8 
  joined 
  to 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  cell 
  near 
  base 
  by 
  a 
  cross-vein. 
  

   Abdomen 
  greyish 
  stone-colour. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  stone-colour. 
  Exp. 
  al, 
  

   15—16 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  S 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  sj)ecies 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  forms 
  in 
  

   colour 
  and 
  structure, 
  but 
  the 
  ciHa 
  are 
  paler 
  and 
  the 
  

   wings 
  somewhat 
  narrower, 
  and 
  even 
  more 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  

   Lithosia 
  than 
  in 
  others 
  of 
  this 
  Lithosiform 
  genus. 
  

  

  Ide 
  litTiosina, 
  7i. 
  (the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus), 
  from 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  is 
  figured 
  on 
  PI. 
  VII., 
  fig. 
  85. 
  

  

  DEPEESSAEIAN.E. 
  

  

  Depressaeia, 
  Ihv. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  v., 
  fig. 
  51.] 
  

  

  Depressaria 
  inornatella, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  cinereous, 
  tinged 
  with 
  fuscous 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Palxn 
  

   pale 
  cinereous, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  fuscous 
  scales 
  externally, 
  and 
  with 
  

   an 
  ill-defined 
  fuscous 
  band 
  of 
  scales 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   joint, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  joint. 
  Head 
  

   cinereous 
  ; 
  face 
  shining 
  whitish. 
  Thorax 
  tawny 
  fuscous. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  cinereous, 
  much 
  spotted, 
  sprinkled, 
  and 
  suffused 
  with 
  tawny 
  

   fuscous, 
  without 
  the 
  indication 
  of 
  any 
  characteristic 
  pattern 
  or 
  

   marking, 
  except 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  dark 
  tawny 
  fuscous 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  tawny 
  fuscous 
  elon- 
  

   gate 
  oblique 
  spot 
  lying 
  above 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  upper 
  angle 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  ; 
  preceding 
  and 
  

   following 
  this 
  are 
  two 
  obscure 
  costal 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  and 
  

   a 
  smaller 
  one 
  lies 
  obliquely 
  between 
  the 
  preceding 
  costal 
  spot 
  and 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  elongate 
  spot 
  first 
  mentioned 
  ; 
  these, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  

   few 
  other 
  small 
  costal 
  and 
  mai'ginal 
  spots, 
  are 
  very 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  — 
  PART 
  I. 
  (MARCH.) 
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