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EXOTIC WICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
grey-whitish thinly speckled grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, two faint 
greyish shades. 
Nigeria, Ibadan, March ( Pomeroy ) ; 4 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Specially characterised by the long scattered hairscales. 
Melasina lycophanes, n. sp. 
$. 19-20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous irregularly 
mixed light greyish-ochreous; palpi 3|, densely rough-scaled. 
Antennal pectinations 5. Forewings elongate, termen oblique ; 
whitish-grey, irregularly strewn coarse greyish-ochreous and dark 
grey scales; markings grey sufFusedly mixed greyish-ochreous and 
dark fuscous; a basal patch occupying ^ of wing, edge nearly 
straight, somewhat oblique; moderate rattier oblique fasciae before 
and beyond middle; some small spots along costa, and irregular 
marbling towards apex: cilia whitish-ochreous with dark grey 
bars mixed greyish-ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, 
slightly sprinkled light grey; a moderate suffused dark grey 
terminal band ; cilia grey-whitish, a dark grey subbasal line. 
Cape Coloxy, George, October ^ Brain ), Knysna; 6 ex. Nearly 
allied to primeUa , but in that species the hindwings are wholly 
dark fuscous, head more yellowish. 
Gymnelema holopercna, n. sp. 
2 . 32 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, termen oblique; apex of cell projecting, 
7 and 8 remote, 9 and 10 stalked; dark grey closely irrorated 
dark fuscous; a small cloudy dark fuscous spot on base of vein 7 : 
cilia dark grey, base suffused dark fuscous. Hindwings thinly 
scaled, dark grey; cilia grey, base darker. 
Natal, Karkloof, January ; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Gymnelema plebigena, n. sp. 
$. 38 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale fuscous. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, termen oblique; 7 and 8 parallel, 9 and 10 
connate from angle; light fuscous, suffused!y irrorated darker 
fuscous : cilia fuscous, tips whitish-grey. Hindwings thinly scaled, 
light fuscous : cilia whitish, basal half fuscous. 
Zululaxd, Eshowe, December ( Platt ); 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Gymnelema discerpta, n. sp. 
2 . 35 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whity-brownish. Forewings 
moderate, somewhat dilated, termen rather oblique; 7 and 8 
long-stalked, 9 and 10 short-stalked from angle: whity-brownish, 
whiter towards median area of costa, some scattered fuscous 
strigulae; a broad irregular fuscous fascia about | not reaching 
