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dark fuscous spot on base of costa ; discal stigmata small, blackish, 

 an additional dot halfway between first discal and base ; an apical 

 spot of dark fuscous suffusion : cilia pale browuish-ochreous, on costa 

 pale yellowish. Hindwings iridescent-grey ; cilia light grey. 

 NATAL, Howick (Symons) ; one specimen. 



GEN. EEIDACHTHA Meyr. 



ERIDACHTHA COSYMBOTA, u. sp. 



<$ . 15 mm. Head ochreous -yellow, crown centrally tinged with 

 violet-fuscous. Palpi ochreous-yellow, second joint externally tinged 

 with fuscous except towards apex. Antennae light ochreous-yellowish, 

 becoming greyish-tinged towards apex. Thorax dark violet-grey. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewiugs elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen nearly 

 straight, oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked ; dark violet-grey, suffusedly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; an obscure cloudy darker spot representing 

 second discal stigma, edged anteriorly by a small roundish ochreous- 

 whitish spot : cilia dark fuscous, tips whitish on termen, an ochreous- 

 whitish costal patch before apex. Hiudwiugs grey, darker towards 

 apex ; cilia pale grey, towards base and tips ochreous-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Oudebosch (1500 ft.) aud Table Mountain, in 

 January and February (Barnard) ; three specimens. 



GEN. BRACHMIA Hub. 

 BRACHMIA OCHYROTA, u. sp. 



J. 13 mm. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax pale ochreous, 

 second joint of palpi slightly infuscated at base, or sometimes sprinkled 

 with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous suffused with pale grey. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to apex ; pale ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with fuscous ; a 

 blackish dot on base of costa ; stigmata black, plical beneath first 

 discal ; a black dot on dorsum beneath second discal, tending to be 

 connected with it by a faint variable fuscous shade ; an almost 

 marginal series of black dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia pale ochreous. Hindwiugs whitish-ochreous tinged with grey; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. 



NATAL, Howick (Fuller) ; one specimen ; also two in my collection 

 from Pinetown, in September and January (Leigh). Intermediate 

 between serialis and sterictis. 



