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pointed, termen very oblique, hardly rounded ; ferruginous : cilia 

 light ferruginous, on costa rosy-tinged. Hindwings and cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, cilia faintly rosy-tinged. 



CAPE COLONY, Zonder End Peak, 3600 ft., in January (Barnard). 

 Not in good condition, but a distinct form. 



GEN. ISOCBITA Meyr. 



ISOCKITA 1THYDOXA, n. Sp. 



$ . 12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 infuscated towards apex, terminal joint suffused with dark fuscous 

 anteriorly. Thorax fuscous mixed with whitish, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen light greyish. Forewiugs elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex produced, acute, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 light brownish, irregularly suffused with whitish and sprinkled with 

 fuscous ; a rather broad dark fuscous streak from base of costa to 

 termen beneath apex, posterior half suffused with ground-colour 

 beneath : cilia pale grey mixed with whitish towards base (imperfect). 

 Hiudwiugs pale grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Upington, in January (Fath. E. Sollier) ; one specimen. 



XYLORYCTIDAE. 



GEN. EPOEYCTA Meyr. 



EPORYCTA CHIONAULA, n. sp. 



cf. 29 mm. Head white, crown partially suffused with pale 

 ochreous. Palpi white, suffused with ochreous-grey anteriorly. 

 Autenual pectinations 1, ciliated. Thorax light ochreous mixed with 

 grey, with a white streak on inner side of patagia. Abdomen whitish, 

 segments with coppery bauds. Forewiugs elongate, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 

 light ochreous suffusedly mixed with grey, especially on veins ; markings 

 shining snow-white ; a streak along costa from base almost to apex, 

 cut by lines of ground-colour on veins 9-11 ; a moderate streak from 

 base above middle to termen beneath apex, on posterior fourth bisected 

 by a line of ground-colour ; streaks between veins 2-5, uppermost very 

 slender and short ; streaks above and beneath vein U, lower one not 

 extended quite to its apex : cilia white, barred with grey on apex, 



