﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
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  allied 
  to 
  Gelechia 
  qemmatella, 
  Wkr., 
  from 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  

   [Cat 
  Lp. 
  Ins. 
  B. 
  M., 
  XXX., 
  1022. 
  (1864)], 
  but 
  Walker's 
  

   species 
  has 
  the 
  pale 
  basal 
  band 
  much 
  wider, 
  especially 
  on 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  distinct 
  whitish 
  streaks 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   yellow 
  streaks 
  and 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  median 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  an 
  extended 
  series 
  

   of 
  specimens 
  might 
  connect 
  these 
  two 
  forms 
  as 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  one 
  species. 
  

  

  LAVEENINiE, 
  

  

  Laverna, 
  Crt. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  v., 
  fig. 
  54.] 
  

  

  Lavema 
  gamhiella, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  annulated 
  with 
  whitish 
  ochreous 
  and 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Po-Z^-i 
  whitish 
  ochreous, 
  touched 
  with 
  brownish 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  second 
  joint, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second, 
  biannulated 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  Head 
  and 
  

   face 
  whitish 
  ochreous. 
  TJiorax 
  umber-brown. 
  Fore 
  tvings 
  pale 
  

   whitish 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  basal 
  patch, 
  

   wider 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  shaded 
  with 
  grey 
  

   except 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  third, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  rich 
  umber-brown 
  ; 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  band, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  middle 
  

   portion 
  is 
  pale 
  tinged 
  with 
  greyish, 
  the 
  margins 
  being 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   rich 
  umber-brown 
  scaling, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  

   from 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  dark 
  scaling 
  rather 
  scattered 
  and 
  diffused, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  strongly 
  angulated 
  inwards 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  arid 
  with 
  

   much 
  thicker 
  and 
  closer 
  dark 
  scaling, 
  which 
  extends 
  around 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  leaving 
  a 
  quadrangular 
  cream-white 
  costal 
  

   patch 
  above 
  it, 
  extending 
  inwards 
  to 
  one-third 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  dark 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  Hind 
  luings 
  pale 
  greyish 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  brownish 
  beyond 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  Abdomen 
  

   subochreous. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  ochreous, 
  barred 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   umber-brown. 
  Exi). 
  al. 
  10 
  — 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  five 
  specimens 
  taken 
  among 
  

   mallow 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December 
  {Cm-ter) 
  ; 
  Gambia, 
  

   nine 
  specimens 
  (Druce). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  $ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  55.] 
  , 
  ' 
  

   Laverna 
  quinquecfistata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce, 
  basal 
  joint 
  somewhat 
  enlarged 
  ; 
  brown, 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   ochreous- 
  towards 
  their 
  outer 
  ends. 
  PaZ/ji 
  very 
  long, 
  overarching 
  

   the 
  vertex, 
  apical 
  joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  barred 
  

  

  