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femora and tibiae fringed with long hair. Forewing with veins 3 

 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from 

 angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 

 stalked or from angle ; 5 from or from above angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell before middle. 



SARROTHRIPA RUFIMEDIA, n. sp. 



? . Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen brownish white, the last dorsally tinged with fuscous. 

 Porewing grey irrorated with black ; a double irregularly waved 

 subbasal black line from costa to vein 1 ; a double irregularly waved 

 antemedial line angled outwards on median nervure and above inner 

 margin and emitting a slight streak in submedian fold ; a large pale 

 rufous patch in, below, and beyond lower angle of cell with the 

 brown-outlined reniform on it ; a double waved postmedial line 

 obsolete on costal area, angled inwards on vein 2 and outwards in 

 submedian fold, placed near the strong black subterminal line which 

 is angled inwards below costa, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at 

 middle. Hindwing semihyaline white, the veins towards termen 

 tinged with fuscous ; the termen fuscous, expanding on apical area ; 

 cilia of apical half blackish except at tips. 



Hab. Rhodesia, Bulawayo (Eyles). Exp. 32 mill. Type in B.M. 



ACONTIAN^:. 



(3) NEAXESTIS RHODA, n. sp. - 



Head and thorax bright rufous tinged with crimson in front ; 

 palpi, pectus, and legs white, the forelegs rufous in front with white 

 rings on tarsi ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore- 

 wing bright rufous sometimes tinged with crimson and with slight 

 dark irroration ; antemedial line dark, obliquely curved ; a slight 

 dark discoidal spot : postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6 

 where it is obtusely angled, then inwardly oblique and slightly 

 sinuous. Hindwing semihyaline white, the termen and cilia tinged 

 with yellow. Under side of forewing with the disk tinged with 

 fuscous in female. 



Hab. Rhodesia, Bulawayo (Eyles). Exp. 28 mill. Type in B.M. 



(3) ERIZADA ALBIVENA, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax grey-white, the scales pencilled with red- 

 brown ; palpi brown ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen whitish. 

 Forewing grey- white, the scales pencilled with red-brown and the 



