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EXOTIC MTCROLEPIDOPTERA. 
posteriorly tinged purplish ; a red spot on end of cell; an almost 
dorsal red streak from base to beneath this : cilia grey. Hindwings 
violet-hyaline; veins and a slender streak round posterior half 
of costa and termen blackish, veins 2 and 3 united into a single 
streak ; cilia grey. 
S.Hhodesia, Zimbabwe, September (J. Ogilvie ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Episannina zygaenura, n. sp. 
3. 18-19 mm. Head, thorax blue-blackish, face partially or 
wholly white, collar metallic blue-grey, edge of metathorax yellowish. 
Palpi blackish, second joint white anteriorly. Abdomen blackish, 
sides variably metallic-blue, ventral surface whitish, first segment 
dorsally mixed yellowish, edge of second slenderly white on sides, 
edge of fourth slenderly white dorsally, anal tuft forming two long 
slender obliquely diverging blackish pencils. Fore coxrn white, legs 
blackish, middle tibiae with white median band, hind tibiae with 
extreme tip yellowish. Forewings amber-hyaline; veins, a moderate 
costal streak occupying area to cell and vein 9, a narrower terminal 
(toothed between veins) and dorsal streak, a moderate bar on 
transverse vein, and cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings amber-hyaline ; 
veins, a slender marginal streak thicker at base, a slender bar on 
upper half of transverse vein, and cilia dark fuscous. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, October (E. Hargreaves ) ; 2 ex. (type 
Brit. Mus.). 
Aegeria stenothyris, n. sp. 
3 • 18-19 mm. Head, thorax blackish. Palpi dark grey, 
white towards base beneath. Antennae blackish, beneath red- 
brownish, 3 strongly fasciculate-biciliated (2). Abdomen purple- 
blackish, in 2 posterior edge of segment 4 whitish, anal tuft 3 
bifurcate, dark purplish-grey. Forewings blackish; a suffused 
whitish-hyaline streak in posterior of cell; a whitish-hyaline 
blotch beyond cell beneath vein 7 extending half-way to termen, 
crossed by three dark veins: cilia dark grey. Hindwings bluish- 
hyaline, veins and slender costal and terminal streaks dark fuscous, 
a narrow oblique bar on upper half of transverse vein. 
Cape Colony, Montagu Pass, 2r>00 feet, November ( T '. D. A. 
Cockerell, Mrs. L. Ogilvie) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. Mus.).] 
URANOTHYKIS, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli large, posterior; tongue 
developed. Antennae f, somewhat stout, cylindrical, but not. 
thickened apically, tip pointed, without hairpencil. Labial palpi 
moderately long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed 
scales, slightly roughened anteriorly, terminal joint half second, 
moderate, obtuse-pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Hind tarsi 
long, rough-scaled beneath, more strongly towards apex. Fore¬ 
wings 2 and 3 approximated from angle, 7 and 8 stalked. 8 to apex, 
