﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lepidoptera. 
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  mopodapedella, 
  L., 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  robust, 
  owing 
  

   to 
  their 
  wider 
  thorax. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  60.] 
  

   Stathmopoda 
  crassella, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   AntenncB 
  strongly 
  ciliated 
  on 
  tbeir 
  inner 
  side; 
  pale 
  fawn. 
  Palpi 
  

   very 
  slender, 
  divergent, 
  recurved 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  whitish, 
  apical 
  joint 
  

   fawn-colour. 
  Haustellum 
  white. 
  Head 
  pale 
  fawn 
  above 
  ; 
  face 
  

   shining 
  white. 
  Thorax 
  very 
  stout 
  ; 
  fawn-colour 
  ; 
  shining 
  white 
  

   beneath. 
  Fore 
  luings 
  fawn-colour, 
  with 
  the 
  extreme 
  costal 
  margin 
  

   very 
  narrowly 
  tinged 
  with 
  pvirplish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  a 
  transverse 
  streak 
  

   very 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  an 
  oblique 
  transverse 
  shade 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   tending 
  outwards 
  towards 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  and 
  an 
  oblique 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  shade, 
  at 
  one-fourth 
  from 
  the 
  apex, 
  tending 
  inwards 
  towards 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  all 
  purplish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  brownish 
  

   ochreous. 
  Hind 
  tuings 
  pale 
  fawn-grey, 
  with 
  pale 
  brownish 
  

   ochreous 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  pale 
  fawn-grey 
  ; 
  shining 
  white 
  beneath. 
  

   Legs 
  pale 
  fawn, 
  with 
  pui-plish 
  fuscous 
  tufts 
  at 
  the 
  joints 
  and 
  spurs 
  ; 
  

   shining 
  white 
  beneath. 
  Ex-p. 
  al. 
  11 
  — 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  five 
  specimens 
  taken 
  at 
  

   light 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December 
  {Carter) 
  ; 
  Gambia, 
  five 
  

   specimens 
  {Druce). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  61.] 
  

   Statlimopoda 
  divisa, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   A^itennce 
  pale 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Paljyi 
  whitish, 
  tinged 
  with 
  greyish 
  

   brown 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  joint. 
  Head 
  dark 
  greyish 
  

   brown 
  above 
  ; 
  face 
  white. 
  Thorax 
  stout 
  ; 
  yellow. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  

   yellow 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  ; 
  with 
  two 
  small 
  

   greyish 
  brown 
  costal 
  spots, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  very 
  small, 
  the 
  

   second 
  snaall, 
  immediately 
  beyond 
  it 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  a 
  greyish 
  

   brown 
  shade 
  with 
  straight 
  inner 
  margin 
  occupies 
  the 
  whole 
  outer 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  from 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  yellow 
  ground 
  

   colour 
  showing 
  only 
  in 
  small 
  ill-defined 
  longitudinal 
  streaks 
  or 
  

   spots 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pale 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   and 
  cilia 
  pale 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Abdomen 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Legs 
  

   very 
  pale 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Exj}. 
  al. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  two 
  specimens 
  (Carter). 
  

   Type, 
  3" 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  much 
  the 
  pattern 
  and 
  colouring 
  of 
  a 
  

   Lozostoma, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  apparently 
  a 
  true 
  Stathmopoda 
  ; 
  it 
  

  

  