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  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
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  Philobota, 
  Meyr. 
  

   [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  52.] 
  

   Philobota 
  virgo, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  pecten 
  on 
  basal 
  joint 
  ; 
  strongly 
  pube- 
  

   scent; 
  white. 
  PaZp;' 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  recurved 
  ; 
  white, 
  with 
  

   a 
  slight 
  greyish 
  tinge. 
  Head 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  greyish 
  tinge. 
  

   Thorax 
  white, 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  grey 
  anteriorly. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  

   with 
  rather 
  straight 
  costa, 
  rounded 
  apex, 
  and 
  oblique 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   pure 
  shining 
  white, 
  cilia 
  shining 
  white. 
  Under 
  side 
  grey, 
  cilia 
  

   white. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  whitish 
  grey, 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  greyish 
  line 
  

   along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  cilia. 
  Under 
  side 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  

   on 
  the 
  upj)er 
  side, 
  but 
  with 
  no 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  grey. 
  

   Legs: 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  with 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  shaded 
  with 
  

   fuscous, 
  the 
  others 
  white. 
  Exj). 
  al. 
  29 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  c? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  Crytolechia 
  straminella, 
  Z., 
  in 
  

   possessing 
  a 
  distinct 
  pecten 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  and 
  consequently 
  falls 
  into 
  Philobota, 
  Meyr. 
  

  

  PSECADIA, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  Psecadia 
  sabiella, 
  F. 
  & 
  R. 
  

   Psecadia 
  ? 
  sabiella, 
  F. 
  &E., 
  Reise 
  Nov. 
  Lp., 
  PL 
  CXXXIX., 
  

  

  30 
  (1875). 
  

   (Ecojjhora 
  ? 
  sabiella, 
  Wlsm., 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

  

  1881, 
  270—1. 
  

  

  Grahamstown 
  (Cape 
  Colony), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Druce) 
  ; 
  

   Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Hutchinson) 
  ; 
  Delagoa 
  

   Bay 
  (East 
  Africa), 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Druce). 
  

  

  Psecadia 
  circumdatella, 
  Wkr. 
  

   Grahamstown 
  (Cape 
  Colony), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Druce). 
  

  

  Psecadia 
  livida, 
  Z. 
  

   Delagoa 
  Bay 
  (East 
  Africa), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Druce) 
  ; 
  

   Accra 
  (Gold 
  Coast), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  previous 
  paper 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1881, 
  

   p. 
  249), 
  through 
  the 
  printer 
  having 
  omitted 
  to 
  space 
  this 
  

   species 
  from 
  the 
  preceding, 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  I 
  re- 
  

   garded 
  this 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  circumdatella. 
  This 
  printer's 
  

   error 
  is 
  unfortunate, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  abundantly 
  distinct. 
  

  

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