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markedly red-brown or fuscous, often with darker clouding in middle 

 of posterior half ; antemedian line sinuous, at posterior end oblique 

 outward, sometimes strongly darkened and thickened from cell-fold to 

 hindmargin ; cell-dot small'; postmedian line sinuous, rather oblique 

 outward to R 3 , here lobed, posteriorly incurved; the narrow green 

 band beyond vaguely bisected except between radials, where its 

 proximal half is almost white : distal area with ill-defined dark lines 

 and spots, and traces of an interrupted luuulate pale subtermiual, 

 proximal to which a pair of dots between the radials (oftenest 

 confluent) and a spot between M 2 and SM 2 are more or less noticeable ; 

 termen with pairs of not very conspicous dark dots ; fringe pale 

 greyish-ochreous, dark chequered. Hindiving pale ochreous gi'ey, 

 suffused, except on the narrow postmedian baud, with darker grey, a 

 border of about 2 mm. width darkest ; cell-dot small ; terminal dots 

 and chequering of fringe weak. Both wings beneath pale ochreous 

 grey, weakly marked except at distal margin, which bears a conspicuous 

 dark border of about 2 mm. width, that of fore wing constricted in the 

 middle and sometimes almost interrupted, at least with a pale terminal 

 spot behind R 3 ; cell-dots often fairly sharp. 



Natal, Durban, Umbilo and Victoria District, in coll. S. Afr. 

 Mus., coll. L. B. Front, coll. A. J. J. Janse, etc. ; type d, Durban, in 

 coll. S. Afr. Mus. 



This species has long been known to me, but although some speci- 

 mens are marked "bred," none are in perfect condition. It is, 

 however, so easily recognised that, now that I have a series before me, 

 I do not hesitate to publish it. It resembles some forms of the 

 variable Coenotephria prasinaria Warr. (Nov. Zool. viii, 13 ; x, 273), 

 except in the structure. Probably near the species which I determine 

 as cidariata Guen. (Spec. Gen. Lep. x, 357, t. xi, f. 9), but distinguished 

 by the dark borders beneath and by the antenna, which in that species 

 bears pairs of short, fasiculate pectinations. 



GEN. CHLOROCLYSTIS Hb. 



14. CHLOROCLYSTIS (GNAMPTOMIA) MUSCOSA TTTMEFACTA, subsp. nov. 

 <$ $ . 17-20 mm. Smaller than muscosa muscosa Warr. (Nov. Zool., 

 ix, 508), from British East Africa, forewing with the costal swelling 

 and hair-tuft proximally to the " nibbled out " portion [stronger ; 

 coloration duller ; antemedian line not so crooked ; hindwing[more 

 sharply marked, much like that of marmorata Warr. (Nov. Zool., 

 vi, 38). 



