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  Lord 
  Walsingbam 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  middle 
  are 
  two 
  very 
  slender 
  oblique 
  and 
  rather 
  indistinct 
  

   brownish 
  lines 
  pointing 
  towards 
  a 
  bright 
  golden 
  metallic 
  spot 
  on 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  below 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  above 
  this 
  outer 
  

   spot 
  is 
  a 
  slender 
  very 
  oblique 
  brownish 
  streak 
  in 
  the 
  costal 
  cilia, 
  

   depressed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  giving 
  the 
  wing 
  a 
  distinctly 
  caudate 
  

   appearance 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white, 
  tipped 
  with 
  brownish 
  above 
  the 
  apical 
  

   streak. 
  Hind 
  luings 
  shining 
  vihite', 
  cilia 
  white. 
  Abdomen 
  shimng 
  

   white. 
  Legs 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  faintly 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   brownish. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Estcourt 
  (Natal), 
  one 
  specimen 
  (Hutchinson). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ^ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  NEPTICULIN.E. 
  

  

  LicMOCERA, 
  gen. 
  n. 
  

  

  {y,Mixoi;= 
  a 
  winnowing 
  fan, 
  xkpa;^ 
  a 
  horn.) 
  

  

  Type. 
  Licmocera 
  lyonetiella, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  88.] 
  

  

  Antennce 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  simple; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  much 
  

  

  developed 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  eye-cap. 
  Ocelli 
  obsolete. 
  

  

  Maxillary 
  palpi 
  distinct, 
  small, 
  drooping. 
  Labial 
  palj^i 
  strongly 
  

  

  divergent, 
  slender, 
  recurved, 
  acuminate, 
  evenly 
  clothed 
  throughout 
  

  

  with 
  smooth 
  scales 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  slightly 
  exceeding 
  the 
  second 
  

  

  joint 
  in 
  length. 
  Haiistellum 
  rather 
  short, 
  naked. 
  Head 
  and 
  face 
  

  

  smooth. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  gently 
  tapering 
  to 
  an 
  

  

  acute 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  depressed. 
  Ne7cration 
  10 
  veins 
  ; 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  

  

  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem, 
  6 
  to 
  apex; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  approximate 
  at 
  their 
  

  

  bases 
  ; 
  1 
  simple 
  at 
  its 
  base. 
  Hind 
  tvings 
  elongate, 
  acuminate, 
  

  

  evenly 
  attenuated 
  from 
  base, 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  ciHa 
  

  

  very 
  long. 
  Neuration 
  6 
  veins 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  a 
  point, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  

  

  5 
  and 
  6 
  ; 
  cell 
  closed 
  ; 
  2 
  from 
  before 
  outer 
  third 
  of 
  cell. 
  Abdomen 
  

  

  slender, 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings. 
  Legs 
  slender, 
  

  

  posterior 
  tibiae 
  clothed 
  above 
  with 
  short 
  hair-like 
  scales. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  70.] 
  

  

  Licmocera 
  lyonetiella, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  AntenncB 
  whitish, 
  tinged 
  with 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   widened 
  into 
  an 
  eye-cap, 
  shining 
  white. 
  Labial 
  palpi 
  slender, 
  

   diverging, 
  long 
  and 
  recurved, 
  white. 
  Maxillarij 
  palpi 
  meeting 
  

   over 
  the 
  short 
  tongue 
  ; 
  white. 
  Head 
  and 
  face 
  lustrous 
  white. 
  

   Thorax 
  white. 
  Fore 
  tvings 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  acute, 
  white 
  ; 
  with 
  

   a 
  group 
  of 
  scattered 
  scales 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  two 
  dorsal 
  and 
  one 
  

  

  