﻿African 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
  119 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  57.] 
  

   Stagmatopliora 
  distincta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  with 
  the 
  elongate 
  basal 
  joint 
  white, 
  a 
  distinct 
  brown 
  

   spot 
  above 
  beyond 
  its 
  middle, 
  thence 
  entirely 
  white 
  beneath, 
  

   above 
  alternately 
  spotted 
  and 
  banded 
  to 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  banded 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  brown, 
  the 
  apical 
  joints 
  brown. 
  Palpi 
  

   very 
  slender, 
  recurved, 
  divergent 
  ; 
  white 
  touched 
  with 
  brown, 
  

   especially 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  apical 
  joints. 
  Head 
  white. 
  

   Thorax 
  stout, 
  brown, 
  fringed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  posteriorly. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  shining 
  white 
  fascia 
  

   near 
  the 
  base; 
  two 
  shining 
  white 
  lunate 
  spots 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   one 
  costal, 
  the 
  other 
  dorsal 
  and 
  slightly 
  further 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  

   base; 
  a 
  third 
  larger 
  lunate 
  costo-apical 
  spot 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  apical 
  

   cilia 
  ; 
  cilia 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  shining 
  grey 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   merging 
  into 
  brown 
  beyond 
  it 
  ; 
  cilia 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  Abdomen 
  

   white, 
  with 
  two 
  brown 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  large, 
  the 
  other 
  

   small 
  ; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  large 
  brown 
  spots 
  along 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  two 
  

   brown 
  bands 
  across 
  the 
  two 
  penultimate 
  segments 
  ; 
  anal 
  tuft 
  

   whitish. 
  Legs 
  white, 
  banded 
  with 
  brown. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  respect 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  

   typical 
  forms 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  in 
  its 
  somewhat 
  wider 
  

   wings 
  (both 
  fore 
  and 
  hind 
  wings), 
  of 
  which, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   general 
  pattern 
  of 
  neuration 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Pyeoderces, 
  Z. 
  

   [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  58.] 
  

   Pyroderces 
  simplex, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  whitish 
  fawn-colour, 
  spotted 
  with 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  

   above. 
  Palpi 
  divergent, 
  recurved, 
  slender 
  ; 
  pale 
  fawn-colour, 
  

   apical 
  joint 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  touched 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   above 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  before 
  its 
  apex. 
  Haustellum 
  long, 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  shining 
  white 
  scales 
  throiighout. 
  Head 
  fawn-colour 
  ; 
  face 
  

   slightly 
  paler. 
  Thorax 
  fawn-colour, 
  paler 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  

   shining 
  metallic 
  iridescence 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  fawn- 
  

   colour, 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  outwardly 
  curved 
  transverse 
  whitish 
  streak 
  

   at 
  one-fourth 
  fi-om 
  the 
  base, 
  preceded 
  by 
  some 
  fuscous 
  scales, 
  which 
  

   tend 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  basal 
  patch 
  ; 
  some 
  shining 
  whitish 
  scales 
  with 
  a 
  

   lilac 
  iridescence 
  are 
  continued 
  from 
  its 
  lower 
  end, 
  along 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   margin 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  extend 
  also 
  outwardly 
  along 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  on 
  th*e 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  at 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  wing-length 
  is 
  a 
  

  

  