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  Lord 
  Walsinglaam 
  on 
  

  

  small, 
  outwardlj- 
  oblique, 
  spot 
  of 
  fuscous 
  scales 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   apex 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  spot 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  paler 
  

   fuscous 
  scales, 
  wliich 
  are 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   cilia 
  ; 
  cilia 
  fawn-colour, 
  inclining 
  to 
  greyish 
  fawn 
  about 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  grey, 
  with 
  fawn-grey 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  

   cinereous. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  fawn, 
  inconspicuously 
  banded 
  with 
  darker 
  

   fawn. 
  Ex;p. 
  al. 
  9 
  — 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia) 
  ; 
  two 
  specimens, 
  one 
  bred 
  

   from 
  a 
  mine 
  in 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  mallow 
  in 
  November, 
  the 
  

   other 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  month 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Stathmopoda, 
  Stn. 
  

   [PI. 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  59.] 
  

   Stathmopoda 
  maculata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  pale 
  fawn. 
  Palpi 
  whitish, 
  apical 
  joint 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  fawn 
  above. 
  Head 
  pale 
  fawn 
  above 
  ; 
  face 
  whitish. 
  Thorax 
  

   stout 
  ; 
  cream-white, 
  except 
  on 
  its 
  extreme 
  anterior 
  margin, 
  which 
  

   is 
  fawn-colour. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  creamy-white, 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  

   narrowly 
  shaded 
  throughout 
  with 
  fawn-brown 
  ; 
  a 
  triangular 
  fawn- 
  

   brown 
  basal 
  patch, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  apex 
  reaches 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   a 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  wider 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  margin, 
  and 
  a 
  transverse 
  shade 
  occupying 
  the 
  whole 
  apical 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  (except 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   paler), 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  is 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  

   to 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  all 
  deep 
  fawn-browu, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  shght 
  

   purplish 
  hue 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  brownish 
  ochreous. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  pale 
  

   fawn-grey, 
  with 
  pale 
  brownish 
  ochreous 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  fawn- 
  

   brown. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  fawn-colour, 
  with 
  deep 
  fawn-brown 
  tufts 
  and 
  

   tarsal 
  spots. 
  Ex'iJ. 
  al. 
  18 
  — 
  20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Gambia, 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Druce). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  appearance 
  despite 
  

   the 
  general 
  similarity 
  of 
  colouring 
  in 
  S. 
  crassella. 
  The 
  

   thorax 
  is 
  also 
  equally 
  stout, 
  but 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   fore 
  wings 
  is 
  much 
  paler, 
  and 
  so 
  distinct!}' 
  mapped 
  out 
  

   into 
  two 
  elongate 
  patches, 
  enclosed 
  on 
  three 
  sides 
  by 
  the 
  

   dark 
  fawn-brown 
  transverse 
  shades, 
  as 
  to 
  destroy' 
  the 
  

   somewhat 
  suffused 
  effect. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  larger, 
  and 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   apical 
  shade 
  does 
  not 
  point 
  inwards 
  but 
  outwards 
  from 
  

   the 
  costa. 
  Both 
  crassella 
  and 
  maculata 
  approach 
  Stath- 
  

  

  