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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
support this. The hindwings have a posterior whitish fascia, 
anterior edge straight, posterior convex and near termen, extremities 
sometimes each with a greyish spot; this was obscured by the 
condition of the original unique specimen, and is not noticed in 
my description, in which also the snbhyaline iridescence of the 
wings is exaggerated. Mr. Fletcher states that the colouring is 
an obvious imitation of birds’ droppings. 
ORNEODLD.E. 
Orneod.es loxoschista, n. sp. 
§. 17 mm. Head, thorax whitish closely speckled blackish, 
appearing grey. Palpi whitish, second joint rather long, porrected, 
with oblique blackish submedian and apical bands, scales projecting 
at apex, terminal joint somewhat shorter, basal and median bands 
and tip black. Fore wings whitish closely irro rated dark fuscous ; 
segment 1 suffused dark fuscous, with five pairs of white transverse 
strigulae, first basal, second more separated and oblique, third and 
fourth with anterior strigula of each pair very short, transverse, 
posterior long and very oblique, lower edge of segment blackish 
beneath these, fifth pair.short, transverse, a white apical dash edged 
black beneath ; segments 2- 6 each with about five white dots or 
short very oblique bars or dashes and black apical dots : cilia on 
2-6 with oblique white bars on end of markings, forming zigzag 
lines, spaces between these alternately lighter and darker grey, 
beyond tips grey with short blackish bars preceded and followed 
by whitish spaces. Hindwings all segments white with very 
numerous minute black bars, cilia grey with about ten oblique 
whitish bars, apical bars as in forewings. 
Uganda, Kampala, September ( H . Hargreaves ); 1 ex. (Brit. 
Mus.). Easily known by the quite peculiar markings of first seg¬ 
ment of forewings. 
PRYMNOTOMIS, n. g. 
Characters of Hexeretmis , but hindwings cleft into six segments 
almost to 4. 
This interesting genus, though almost identical in structure with 
Hexeretmis (having distinct porrected maxillary palpi, forewings 
cleft only to T from termen, and identical neuration), has the ordi¬ 
nary superficial appearance of an Omeodes , widely different from 
Hexeretmis ; it may therefore stand between Hexeretmis and Paelia. 
Prymiiotomis crypsicroca, n. sp. 
$ . 15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark grey, palpi second joint 
much thickened with scales, rather projecting at apex beneath, 
terminal joint hardly half second, rather thick, pointed. Antennae 
serrulate, ciliated (1). Forewings rather dark grey.; extreme costal 
edge with short alternate spaces whitish and dark fuscous ; a very 
fine whitish bar on end of cell (beyond middle of wing), edged 
