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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  with 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint, 
  and 
  

   above 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  joint. 
  Head 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  pale 
  ochreous. 
  Thorax 
  blackish, 
  with 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  

   ochreous 
  lines, 
  one 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle. 
  Fore 
  luings 
  narrow, 
  

   tapering 
  outwards 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  costa 
  slightly 
  convex 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  coloured 
  with 
  an 
  almost 
  equal 
  admixtui'e 
  of 
  

   pale 
  ochreous 
  and 
  brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  with 
  five 
  distinct 
  raised 
  pale 
  

   ochreous, 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  tufts, 
  two 
  near 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  thi'ee 
  near 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  dorsal 
  tufts 
  is 
  scarcely 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing-length, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  costal 
  tufts 
  are 
  

   opposite 
  the 
  spaces 
  between 
  the 
  dorsal 
  ones 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  

   indication 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  raised 
  scales 
  beyond 
  the 
  third 
  dorsal 
  tuft, 
  but 
  

   in 
  the 
  specimen 
  before 
  me 
  these 
  do 
  not 
  form 
  a 
  tuft; 
  ciHa 
  pale 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  grey 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Abdomen 
  brown. 
  Legs 
  brown, 
  spotted 
  with 
  pale 
  ochreous. 
  Exp. 
  

   al. 
  22 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Stagmatophoea, 
  H.-S. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  56.] 
  

  

  Stagmatophora 
  fasciata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  fuscous, 
  annulated 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  with 
  white 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  fuscous 
  basaljoint. 
  Paljji 
  cream-white, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  joint 
  dusted 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  Head 
  yeUow; 
  face 
  white. 
  

   Thorax 
  purplish 
  fuscous. 
  Fore 
  loings 
  cream-white, 
  with 
  a 
  basal 
  

   patch, 
  a 
  broad 
  central 
  fascia 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  all 
  purplish 
  fuscous, 
  

   the 
  edges 
  of 
  these 
  markings 
  being 
  tolerably 
  straight, 
  except 
  the 
  

   inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  fascia, 
  which 
  is 
  curved 
  outwards, 
  and 
  the 
  

   inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  shade, 
  which 
  extends 
  inwards 
  somewhat 
  

   along 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  piu-plish 
  fuscous, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  pale 
  grey 
  ; 
  ciha 
  pale 
  purphsh. 
  Abdomen 
  

   greyish 
  fuscous. 
  Legs 
  cream 
  white, 
  broadly 
  barred 
  with 
  pm-plish 
  

   fuscous. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  four 
  specimens 
  taken 
  from 
  

   November 
  to 
  December, 
  attached 
  to 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  mallow 
  

  

  {Carter) 
  . 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  2 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  