558 
EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
neck metallic green-blue, an orange stripe on each side of pectus. 
Legs dark blue, fore coxae orange above, white beneath, hind tibiae 
with spurs and narrow rings at their origins white, tarsi slender, 
smooth. Abdomen dark blue-purple, some narrow dull orange 
dorsal suffusion towards base and towards apex, anal segment red 
with blue-black sides, apex orange. Forewings hyaline, veins, 
costal area to vein 9, a fine dorsal streak with orange base, and 
terminal line and cilia black. Hindwings hyaline, veins, terminal 
line, and cilia black. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, May ( E . Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Sura lampadura, n. sp. 
$ . 35 mm. Head brown-red on crown, face grey-blue, orbit 
behind eye white. Palpi orange-red. Antennae black, apex orange- 
red, extended beneath to middle. Thorax dark blue. Abdomen 
dark blue, anal segment orange. Legs dark blue. Forewings dark 
blue: cilia bottle-green. Hindwings dark blue ; an oval patch 
beneath cell cut by veins lb and 1 c, and an elongate spot beyond 
cell cut by vein 6 amber-hyaline ; cilia bottle-green. 
Uganda, Kampala, April ( H . Hargreaves ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Nearly allied to pyrocera Hamps. 
THAMNOSCELXS, n. g. 
Head smooth-scaled; ocelli small, inferior; tongue developed. 
Antennae |, slender, filiform. Labial palpi rather short, recurved, 
slender, smooth, terminal joint about as long as second, acute. 
Maxillary palpi obsolete. Abdomen 5 rather stout, two apical 
segments much narrowed, subcylindric. Middle and hind tibiae 
with large dense tufts of long spreading scales on origin of spurs, 
two basal joints of hind tarsi with spreading whorls of scales. 
Forewings 2 from near angle, 3 absent, 4 from angle, 6 to just 
below apex (indefinite), 7 absent, 8 to costa, 9-11 nearly approxi¬ 
mated. Hindwings 1|, subtriangular-ovate, cilia |; 2 from beyond |, 
3 and 4 stalked from angle, 5 absent, 6 from below middle of 
transverse vein to apex, parallel to 7. 
An interesting and distinct form. 
Thamnoscelis prisciformis, n. sp. 
2 . 16 mm. Head dark grey, sides of face with strong silvery- 
white reflections, postorbital area snow-white. Antennae dark grey. 
Palpi grey, anteriorly with strong silvery-white reflections. Thorax 
dark fuscous, pectus with two snow-white blotches. Abdomen 
blackish, some slight irregular white marking on segmental margins, 
an irregular white median ring on segment 4, broader beneath, 
a small orange-yellow anal spot, ventral white spots on three basal 
segments. Legs black, tufts irregularly mixed fulvous, suffused 
whitish bands on tarsi towards apex. Forewings very narrow 
