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towards posterior part of dorsum, and forming a small spot of irrora- 

 tion on costa before apex : cilia white, with a few fuscous specks, above 

 apex with a spot of f u&cous suffusion. Hiudwings grey-whitish ; cilia 

 yellow-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Matroosberg, 3500 ft., in November (Lightfoot) ; one 

 specimen. 



SCYTHRIDAE. 

 GEN. SCYTHRIS Hub. 



SCYTHRIS MELIGASTRA, n. Sp. 



9 . 17 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi ochreous - whitish, 

 terminal joint and upper part of second anteriorly dark fuscous. 

 Thorax ochreous - grey. Abdomen yellow - ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate; ochreous -grey ; plical and second discal stigmata 

 blackish : cilia ochreous-grey. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked ; 

 fuscous ; cilia ochreous-grey, paler towards tips. 



S. W. PROTECTORATE, Narugas, in January (Lightfoot) ; one 

 specimen. 



SCYTHRIS EXSOLTJTA, n. sp. 



^ . 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light grey. Auteunal cilia- 

 tions 1|. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, termen slightly sinuate, 

 extremely oblique ; grey, with an elongate patch of whitish suffusion 

 in disc before middle, and obscurely mixed with whitish posteriorly ; 

 second discal stigma obscurely darker : cilia light grey mixed with 

 whitish. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked ; pale grey ; cilia pale 

 greyish-ochreous. 



CAPE COLONY, Grt. Winthoek, 4000 ft., in April ; one specimen. 



SCYTHRIS DIMENSA, n. sp. 



. 10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purple-grey. Antenual 

 ciliations . Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 

 dark iridesceut-purple-grey ; a sharply defined rather narrow whitish 

 median longitudinal streak from base to f : cilia grey, towards base 

 suffused with purplish. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate; dark grey ; 

 cilia grey. 



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



