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EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 
HESOPHYLAX, n. g. 
Head rough-haired; ocelli posterior ; tongue absent. Antennas 1, 
rather stout towards base, scape moderate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi moderate, porrected, loosely scaled, terminal joint somewhat 
shorter than second, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi moderate, 
3-jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. 
Forewings 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from 
near base. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 2 from of cell, 
3 absent, 4 from angle, 4-7 parallel. 
Probably allied to Coryptilum. 
Hesopliylax xanthoscheina, n. sp. 
$. 23-25 mm. Head, palpi ochreous-yellowish. Antennae 
blackish, apical J- white. Thorax purple-blackish. Abdomen 
blackish, ochreous-yellow segmental bands angularly broadest in 
middle. Fore wings very elongate, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; purple-blackish; a rather broad fusiform orange 
streak extending along costa from ^ to |, and an elongate spot on 
dorsum from ^ to §: cilia blackish-grev. Hindwings orange ; base 
irregularly black; a black terminal fascia, moderately broad at apex, 
attenuated to tornus: cilia blackish, on termen orange. 
Hew Gtjixea, Dampier I., February; 2 ex. 
Sporadarthra cymataula, n. sp. 
S . 11 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous. Thorax 
whitish-ochreous, tegulae dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. 
Forewings dark fuscous ; a pale yellowish dorsal stripe, slightly 
tinged ferruginous, less than half breadth of wing, nearly of even 
width from base to tornus, where it is triangularly indented almost 
to margin, then continued on termen rather narrower and with 
edge irregularly sinuate to near apex: cilia grey, beneath apex a 
light yellowish patch. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 
S. Rhodesia, Mazoe, January; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Crypsithyris heinipkracta, n. sp. 
<y . 11 mm. Head, thorax pale whitish-ochreous, a blackish spot on 
shoulder. Palpi dark fuscous, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings 
pale whitish-ochreous, scattered blackish scales; markings blackish; 
a transverse blotch from costa towards base reaching half across 
wing, connected on costa with base; a cloudy subdorsal dot near 
base; discal impression subhyaline; a triangular spot on dorsum 
beneath this, and a transverse blotch from costa just beyond it 
reaching half across wing; some irregular cloudy dots or mottling 
along posterior part of costa and termen: cilia pale whitish-ochreous, 
somewhat sprinkled blackish. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale 
whitish-ochreous. 
S. Bhodesia, Bulawayo, December; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
