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  Micro- 
  Lepidoptera. 
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  costal 
  spot 
  fawn-brown, 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  fawn-brown 
  scales 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  dorso 
  -marginal 
  spots 
  are 
  elongate, 
  semi- 
  

   ovate, 
  the 
  first 
  immediately 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  second 
  at 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  from 
  the 
  apex, 
  above 
  and 
  scarcely 
  before 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   oblique 
  costal 
  spot, 
  rather 
  darker 
  in 
  colour 
  than 
  the 
  others 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  apex 
  is 
  a 
  round 
  shining 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  spot, 
  preceded 
  by 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  brownish 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  costal 
  ciKa 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  white, 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  Hind 
  

   wings 
  elongate, 
  evenly 
  attenuated 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  

   slightly 
  convex, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  cilia 
  pale 
  brownish 
  grey. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  narrow, 
  acute, 
  pale, 
  shining 
  brassy 
  yellowish 
  above, 
  whitish 
  

   at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath, 
  hegs 
  white. 
  Ex]^. 
  al. 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  three 
  specimens 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  <? 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  OxYMACH^Ris, 
  gen. 
  n. 
  

   {'o^ug= 
  sharp, 
  ixdx.a.ipa^^'km.iQ.) 
  

   Type, 
  (^ 
  . 
  Oxymachceris 
  niveocervina, 
  Wlsm. 
  

   [PI. 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  89.] 
  

   Antennce 
  simple, 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  

   basal 
  joint 
  somewhat 
  enlarged. 
  Labial 
  jxilpi 
  slender, 
  drooping, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second. 
  Maxillary 
  palpi 
  con- 
  

   spicuous, 
  drooping. 
  Haustellum 
  moderate. 
  Ocelli 
  obsolete. 
  Fore 
  

   luings 
  lanceolate, 
  acute, 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  dorsal 
  margins 
  about 
  equally 
  

   convex. 
  Neuration 
  8 
  veins 
  ; 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  stem, 
  

   enclosing 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  separate 
  ; 
  1 
  simple. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   lanceolate, 
  acute, 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  dorsal 
  margins 
  about 
  equally 
  con- 
  

   vex. 
  Neuration 
  5 
  veins 
  ; 
  1, 
  2 
  and 
  5 
  simple 
  ; 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  stalked. 
  Legs 
  : 
  

   posterior 
  tibiae 
  thinly 
  hairy. 
  

  

  [PI. 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  71.] 
  

  

  Oxymacharis 
  niveocervina, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  pale 
  fawn-colour. 
  Palpi 
  pale 
  fawn-colour. 
  Head 
  and 
  

   face 
  white. 
  TJiorax 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  yellowish 
  fawn 
  above. 
  

   Fore 
  wings 
  bright 
  yellowish 
  fawn, 
  with 
  a 
  richer 
  more 
  brownish 
  

   tinge 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  a 
  snow-white 
  triangular 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  does 
  not 
  quite 
  reach 
  the 
  costal 
  or 
  dorsal 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  snow-white 
  fascia 
  runs 
  obliquely 
  inwards 
  from 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  to 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin, 
  its 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT, 
  SOC. 
  LOND, 
  1891. 
  PART 
  I. 
  (MARCH.) 
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