﻿African 
  Micro- 
  Lepidoptera. 
  125 
  

  

  BATEACHEDEINiE. 
  

  

  Zarathra, 
  Wkr. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  65.] 
  

   Zarathra 
  muricicoma, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  wings; 
  steel-grey; 
  

   basal 
  joint 
  slightly 
  enlarged, 
  orange 
  ochreous. 
  Labial 
  palpi 
  long, 
  

   slender, 
  divergent, 
  recurved 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  longer 
  than 
  second, 
  both 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  shining 
  ochreous. 
  Maxillary 
  palpi 
  short, 
  distinct, 
  vi^hite. 
  

   Haustellum 
  rather 
  long. 
  [Walker 
  writes 
  of 
  Zarathra 
  " 
  proboscis 
  

   nuUa," 
  but 
  his 
  specimens 
  of 
  Zarathra 
  pterodactyla 
  have 
  long 
  

   tongues.] 
  Head 
  posteriorly 
  shining 
  metallic 
  steel-white, 
  above 
  

   and 
  in 
  front 
  brilliant 
  purple. 
  Thorax 
  brownish 
  purple. 
  Fore 
  

   ivings 
  very 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  brownish 
  purple 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  

   shining 
  steel- 
  white 
  streak 
  along 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  before 
  the 
  costal 
  

   ciHa 
  ; 
  another 
  almost 
  parallel 
  below 
  it 
  ; 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  spot 
  

   near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  above 
  which 
  the 
  costal 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  bright 
  purple 
  ; 
  another 
  conspicuous 
  semicircular 
  

   white 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  above 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  

   nearly 
  obsolete 
  small 
  whitisli 
  costal 
  spot 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  cilia 
  with 
  a 
  

   greenish 
  iridescent 
  hue. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  elongate, 
  very 
  narrow, 
  

   sharply 
  pointed, 
  purplish 
  grey 
  ; 
  cilia 
  very 
  long, 
  purplish 
  brown, 
  in 
  

   some 
  lights 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  hue. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  iridescent, 
  

   purplish 
  grey 
  above, 
  with 
  white 
  patches 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath, 
  

   anal 
  segment 
  white. 
  Legs 
  [missing.] 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  11| 
  mm. 
  

  

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

   Type, 
  <y 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  GEACILAEIANiE. 
  

  

  Gracilaria, 
  HlV. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  Q6.] 
  

  

  Gracilaria 
  punctidata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  white 
  beneath, 
  distinctly 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown 
  above. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  whitish 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  shaded 
  with 
  umber-brown 
  at 
  

  

  the 
  sides 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  middle. 
  Head 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  shining 
  

  

  umber-brown 
  bar 
  across 
  the 
  front. 
  Thorax 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  

  

  bone-white, 
  delicately 
  shaded 
  with 
  pale 
  reddish 
  brown 
  along 
  the 
  

  

  middle, 
  on 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  fold, 
  this 
  colour 
  becoming 
  more 
  intense 
  

  

  about 
  the 
  apes 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  costa 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

  

  are 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  minute 
  brownish 
  dots 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  disc, 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  another 
  nearer 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  costal 
  cilia 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  indication 
  of 
  a 
  third 
  similar 
  spot 
  in 
  

  

  