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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  Eretmocera 
  Icetissima, 
  Z. 
  

  

  Caffraria, 
  two 
  specimens 
  {Boheman, 
  Zell. 
  Coll.) 
  ; 
  Bath- 
  

   urst 
  (Gambia), 
  seventeen 
  specimens, 
  October 
  — 
  November 
  

   {Carter) 
  . 
  

  

  GOSMOPTEEYGIN^. 
  

  

  COSMOPTERYX, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  64.] 
  

  

  Cosmopteryx 
  cognita, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  AntenncB 
  hvonzy 
  hvown, 
  the 
  elonge^te 
  basal 
  joiut 
  paler 
  beneath, 
  

   the 
  five 
  apical 
  joints 
  are 
  white, 
  the 
  next 
  fom' 
  or 
  five 
  dark 
  bronzy, 
  

   preceded 
  by 
  a 
  wide, 
  once 
  interrupted, 
  white 
  band. 
  Palpi 
  bronzy. 
  

   Head 
  bronzy 
  ; 
  face 
  metallic 
  steel-gTey. 
  Thorax 
  bronz}'. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  bronzy 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  brassy 
  metallic 
  band 
  

   at 
  half 
  their 
  length, 
  preceding 
  the 
  usual 
  orange 
  fascia; 
  half-way 
  

   between 
  this 
  band 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  three 
  silvery 
  streaklets, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  one 
  oblique 
  from 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  fold, 
  

   very 
  short, 
  commencing 
  opposite 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  one, 
  and 
  

   reaching 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  one, 
  which 
  is 
  stouter 
  and 
  

   lying 
  below 
  the 
  fold, 
  it 
  commences 
  opposite 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  

   one 
  and 
  projects 
  beyond 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  orange 
  fascia 
  is 
  margined 
  exter- 
  

   nally 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  oblique 
  brassy 
  metallic 
  band 
  running 
  inwards 
  from 
  

   the 
  costal 
  to 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  and 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  it, 
  as 
  fi'om 
  

   the 
  similar 
  band 
  which 
  precedes 
  it, 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  blackish 
  scales 
  ; 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  streak 
  in 
  the 
  costal 
  cilia 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  outer 
  metallic 
  band 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  

   which 
  is 
  bronzy 
  brown, 
  contains 
  a 
  single 
  small 
  brassy 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  and 
  a 
  tiny 
  white 
  streak 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  cilia; 
  

   cilia 
  bronzy 
  brown. 
  Under 
  side 
  aeneous, 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  terminal 
  

   white 
  streaks 
  alone 
  visible. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  and 
  cilia, 
  pale 
  greyish 
  

   brown. 
  Under 
  side 
  seneous. 
  Abdomen 
  brown. 
  Legs 
  : 
  posterior 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  bronzy 
  brown, 
  banded 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  white. 
  

   Exp. 
  al. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  species 
  of 
  Cosmopteryx 
  hitherto 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  South 
  Africa 
  is 
  an 
  undescribed 
  species 
  noticed 
  hy 
  

   Stainton 
  (Ent. 
  Week. 
  Int., 
  IX., 
  32 
  (I860)). 
  

  

  