ORNEODIDiE. 
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Orneodos illuminatrix, n. sp. 
6 . 30 mm. Head light grey, face whitish (rubbed). Antennae 
unipectinated (2). Palpi long, grey, second joint porrected, loosely 
haired, terminal joint nearly as long as second, ascending, slender, 
pointed, whitish with dark grey median band. Maxillary palpi 
distinct, short, porrected. Thorax grey mixed dark fuscous, a 
white anterior dorsal blotch. Abdomen ochreous-white. Pore- 
wings dark fuscous; some minute white strigulae from costa 
anteriorly, segment 1 fuscous, costal edge blackish, five spots 
indicated by white margins becoming more conspicuous posteriorly, 
last two whitish-ochreous with costal margin also white, a white 
patch in cilia beneath these, apex of segment orange; segment 2 
with posterior half divided into three equal portions, first greyish, 
second white, third orange with minute white bar towards apex, 
cilia on these concolorous ; segment 3 as segment 2, but second 
posterior area whitish-grey, cilia beneath it suffused blackish ; 
segment 4 similar, but with cilia on first posterior area white above 
and partly blackish beneath, on second area suffused blackish 
above and beneath, orange area narrow, apical area beyond it grey ; 
segment 5 as 4, but cilia on first area greyer, orange bar very 
narrow; segment 6 greyish with three whitish dots, cilia mostly 
blackish. Hindwings whitish, some scattered blackish scales 
towards base ; a postmedian series of slender blaekish-grey bars ; 
apical fourth suffused dark grey, with two series of white dots ; 
cilia white, on apical fourth blackish-grey. 
Cameroons, Bitje R., April; 1 ex. The specimen is partially 
damaged, but the species is easily recognisable, and interesting as 
an undoubtedly primitive form of the genus. 
Orneodes semophantis, n. sp. 
c? . 20 mm. Head fuscous, face white. Palpi moderate, ascend¬ 
ing, white, second joint loosely scaled, fuscous externally except 
tip, terminal joint half second, a grey median ring. Thorax 
fuscous, tegulae white except shoulder and some irroration at tip. 
Abdomen light ochreous, segments 1-3 and 6 more or less suffused 
dark brown, apex white. Porewings greyish-ochreous ; segment 1 
fuscous with white blackish-edged postmedian bar and broader one 
at 4 closely followed by a narrow one, apex beyond this blackish ; 
a blackish dash before base of first cleft; segments 2 and 3 with 
three whitish-grey blackish-edged bars and a posterior slender 
white blackish-edged bar, space between second and third bars 
suffused blackish-grey ; segment 4 similar, but second and third 
bars confluent into a broad grey blackish-edged bar; segment 5 
similar to 4, but broad bar whitish ; segment 6 pale greyish- 
ochreous with four whitish blackish-edged bars, space between 
second and third forming a small blackish spot: cilia light greyish- 
ochreous, on segment 1 white on bars, on segments 2 and 3 partly 
grey or blackish on markings, -on segments 5 and 6 mostly whitish. 
Hindwings wTiite, with five pairs of blackish-grey dots on each 
segment, last apical; a brownish-orange spot on base of fourth 
