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  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  on 
  

  

  inner 
  edge 
  scarcely 
  sinuate, 
  its 
  outer 
  edge 
  slightly 
  irregular, 
  with 
  

   a 
  projection 
  on 
  the 
  fold, 
  between 
  two 
  brownish 
  fawn 
  spots, 
  not 
  

   detached 
  from 
  the 
  bright 
  fawn 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  beyond 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  

   white 
  fascia 
  is 
  also 
  projected 
  narrowly 
  aloug 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  to 
  

   the 
  apes 
  ; 
  the 
  costal 
  cilia 
  tipped 
  with 
  fawn-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  cilia 
  on 
  

   the 
  apical 
  margin 
  wholly 
  fawn-yellow. 
  Hind 
  ivings 
  and 
  cilia 
  

   very 
  pale 
  fawn. 
  Abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  pale 
  fawn. 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  $ 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Oxymachmris 
  ? 
  zulella, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  Lithocolletis 
  zulella, 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  no 
  longer 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  

   which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Cape 
  Town 
  Museum 
  ; 
  but, 
  from 
  my 
  

   recollection 
  of 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  

   figure, 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  Oxy- 
  

   machcsris 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  Lithocolletis. 
  

  

  MicKOPOSTEGA, 
  gen.n. 
  

   (fjiifcpoi 
  = 
  little; 
  Opostega 
  (nom. 
  gen). 
  

   Type. 
  Micropostega 
  (sneofasciata, 
  Wlsm. 
  

   [PI. 
  vii., 
  fig. 
  90.] 
  

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

   and 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  well-developed 
  eye-cap. 
  MaxiUari/ 
  palpi 
  short, 
  

   drooping. 
  Labial 
  palpi 
  also 
  di'ooping, 
  cylindrical. 
  Head 
  much 
  

   flattened, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  radiating 
  frontal 
  cx-est 
  ; 
  face 
  smooth. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  rather 
  wide, 
  somewhat 
  dilated 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  outwards, 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin 
  slightly 
  indented 
  before 
  the 
  apex, 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  cilia 
  

   long. 
  Neuration 
  5 
  veins 
  ; 
  discal 
  cell 
  open 
  ; 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  from 
  a 
  

   common 
  stem, 
  as 
  also 
  3 
  and 
  4. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  very 
  narrow, 
  elon- 
  

   gate, 
  acuminate, 
  evenly 
  attenuated 
  throughout, 
  cilia 
  long. 
  Neura- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  vein 
  1 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  median 
  vein 
  forked 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  Abdomen 
  flattened. 
  Legs 
  strongly 
  tufted 
  above. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  differs 
  from 
  Opostega 
  in 
  neuration, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  flattened 
  and 
  highly 
  crested 
  head, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   somewhat 
  less 
  developed 
  ej^e-cap. 
  

  

  [PL 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  72.T 
  

  

  Micropostega 
  (sneofasciato, 
  sp.n. 
  

  

  Antennce 
  white 
  ; 
  eye-caps 
  shining 
  snow-white. 
  Head 
  rough 
  

  

  above, 
  white 
  ; 
  face 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  snow-white. 
  Thorax 
  white. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  shiaing 
  metallic 
  brassy 
  fascia, 
  wider 
  

  

  