﻿116 
  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  Psecadia 
  oculiqera, 
  Mschl., 
  Ver. 
  Z.-b. 
  Ges. 
  Wien., 
  

  

  XXXIIL, 
  309, 
  PL 
  XVI., 
  25. 
  (1883). 
  

   Caffraria 
  ; 
  Grahamstown 
  (Cape 
  Colony), 
  one 
  specimen 
  

   (Druce) 
  ; 
  Accra 
  (Gold 
  Coast), 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Cnemidolophus, 
  Wlsm. 
  

   Cnemidolophus 
  lavernellus, 
  Wlsm. 
  

   Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Carter). 
  

  

  GLYPHIPTERYGIN^. 
  

  

  Glyphipteryx, 
  Hb. 
  

   [PL 
  v., 
  fig. 
  53.] 
  

   Glyphipteryx 
  grapliolithoides, 
  sp.n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  fuscous. 
  Pal-pi 
  and 
  Haustellum 
  pale 
  ocbreous. 
  Head 
  

   smootli 
  ; 
  bronzy 
  fuscous. 
  Thorax 
  bronzy 
  fuscous. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  

   bronzy 
  fuscous, 
  witb 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  wbitisb 
  ocbreous 
  transverse 
  

   fascia 
  at 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  wmg-length, 
  outwardly 
  angulated 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  atteniiated 
  towards 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  dorsal 
  margins 
  ; 
  

   beyond 
  it 
  are 
  seven 
  slender 
  costal 
  streaks, 
  the 
  first 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  oblique, 
  all 
  are 
  pale 
  ocbreous 
  at 
  their 
  costal 
  extremity, 
  

   the 
  second, 
  fourth, 
  fifth, 
  and 
  sixth 
  with 
  steel-grey 
  metallic 
  termi- 
  

   nations 
  ; 
  a 
  coppery 
  metallic 
  upright 
  streak 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   indicates 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  what 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Grapliolitha 
  would 
  be 
  

   the 
  ocelloid 
  patch 
  ; 
  above 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  coppery 
  metallic 
  spot, 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  slight 
  subapical 
  in- 
  

   dentation 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  rather 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  margin 
  is 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  small 
  whitish 
  ocbreous 
  spots 
  and 
  

   scales, 
  reaching 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  lower 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  streak- 
  

   lets 
  ; 
  cilia 
  whitish, 
  tipped 
  with 
  brown. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  bronzy 
  

   brownish, 
  with 
  fom' 
  pale 
  ocbreous 
  costal 
  spots 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Hind 
  ivings 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  cilia. 
  Under 
  

   side 
  pale 
  bronzy 
  brownish, 
  slightly 
  paler 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  

   with 
  a 
  pale 
  ocbreous 
  costal 
  spot, 
  rather 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  

   fore 
  wings, 
  immediately 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  Abdomen 
  bronzy 
  

   fuscous. 
  Legs 
  bronzj^ 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  pair 
  with 
  whitish 
  

   ocbreous 
  spurs 
  and 
  three 
  pale 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  tarsal 
  joints. 
  Exj:). 
  al. 
  

   10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {HittcJiinsoji). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  approaches 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  American 
  

   genus 
  Ussara, 
  Wkr., 
  in 
  appearance, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  

   distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  Glyphipteryx. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  nearly 
  

  

  