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rounded, rather oblique ; dark fuscous, mixed with prismatic and 

 coppery-metallic scales ; various small irregular obscure pale ochreous 

 spots raised posteriorly, viz. two oblique series of three each towards 

 base, one beneath middle of costa, two transverse series of three or 

 four each beyond this, an irregular striga from tornus reaching half 

 across wing and a rather oblique one from costa opposite, these two last 

 and an apical mark tinged with ferruginous-orange ; a pearly-whitish 

 longitudinal streak from middle of disc to upper part of tornal striga 

 interrupted by these spots ; an irregular whitish streak preceding lower 

 part of costal striga and continued by some dots towards tornus : cilia 

 fuscous (imperfect). Hindwiugs rather dark fuscous ; cilia pale 

 fuscous, with darker subbasal shade. 



NATAL, Durban, in April (Marley) ; one specimen. 



GLYPHIPTERYGIDAE. 



GEN. GLYPHIPTEBYX Hiibn. 



GLYPHIPTERYX IDIOMORPHA, n. sp. 



<^. 15mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Palpi blackish, 

 second joint with two and terminal joint with one whorl of very finely 

 white-tipped scales, terminal joint white posteriorly towards apex. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termeu almost straight, oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous ; mark- 

 ings whitish ; a straight narrow slightly oblique fascia before middle, 

 and another at -f, its posterior edge prominent in middle ; a transverse 

 mark from costa before apex ; a short longitudinal mark towards 

 termen in middle ; a streak along termen throughout, narrowly inter- 

 rupted in middle : cilia ochreous-whitish, with two dark fuscous lines. 

 Hindwings and cilia rather dark grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Hottentots Holland Mts., 4000 ft., Caledon 

 (Barnard) ; one specimen. A quite peculiar species. 



SCYTHRIDAE. 



GEN. SCYTHRIS Hiibn. 



SCYTHRIS ERUDITA, n. Sp. 



<$ . 13 mm. Head yellowish-bronzy. Palpi whitish. Thorax 

 whitish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, segments laterally 



