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with scales, not pectinated. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 

 2 and 3 stalked ; blackish, with a faint purple tinge : cilia dark 

 fuscous, extreme tips whitish. Hindwings blackish-fuscous; cilia dark 

 fuscous, extreme tips whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Grt. Winthoek, 4500 ft. ; one specimen. 



GEN. SIMAETHIS Leach. 



SlMAETHIS ENTECHNA, U. Sp. 



9- 10 mm. Head and thorax blackish speckled with whitish, face 

 and palpi white sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Forewiugs somewhat elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; blackish ; a very 

 irregular cloudy pale ochreous-yellowish transverse line at f , costal 

 extremity white, preceded and followed by fasciae of white irroration ; 

 two cloudy ochreous-whitish dots transversely placed in disc beyond 

 middle ; a transverse white mark from costa at f , and an inwardly 

 oblique white mark from dorsum at f , with some irregular ochreous- 

 whitish and chestnut-brown suffusion indicating a connecting line ; an 

 elongate patch of chestnut-brown suffusion beneath costa from before 

 middle to near apex, terminated by an irregular pale ochreous apical 

 blotch, slenderly connected on margin with a small spot on middle of 

 termen ; an undefined fascia of scanty white irroratiou from -f of costa 

 to tornus : cilia greyish with two blackish shades, with small whitish 

 patches above and below middle of termen. Hiudwings dark fuscous ; 

 an irregular yellow- ochreous blotch in disc beyond middle ; a yellow - 

 ochreous marginal line round apex ; cilia whitish, with dark fuscous 

 subbasal line, tinged with reddish basally towards middle of termen. 



NATAL, Durban (Marley) ; one specimen. 



GEN. GLYPHIPTEKYX Hub. 

 GLYPHIPTERYX AMPHIPEDA, n. sp. 



9- 12mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy (defaced). Palpi with 

 whorls of dark fuscous white-tipped scales (defaced). Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen somewhat 

 sinuate, very oblique ; golden-bronze ; markings violet- silvery- whitish 

 irregularly edged with blackish scales ; a rather narrow fascia from 

 costa near base to before middle of dorsum, and another from | of 

 costa to |- of dorsum ; an oblique streak from middle of costa reaching 

 half across wing ; a narrow slightly sinuate fascia from f of costa to | 

 of dorsum, and one nearly staight from |- of costa to tornus ; a small 



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