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GEN. EPIPHEACTIS, Meyr. 

 EPIPHRACTIS AULICA, n. sp. 



? . 18 mm. Head and palpi purplish-rosy sprinkled with whitish 

 points, face whitish, terminal joint of palpi half second. Thorax 

 light ochreous-yeilow. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; 

 ferruginous suffused with purplish-rosy ; an elongate light ochreous- 

 yeilow patch extending along dorsum from base to beyond middle 

 and reaching to fold, terminated posteriorly by an oblique deep 

 purple mark : cilia ferruginous suffused with purplish-rosy. Hind- 

 wings grey, somewhat darker posteriorly ; cilia grey. 



ZULULAND, Mfongosi, in November (W. E. Jones) ; one specimen. 



GEN. GYMNOGEAMMA, Zell. 

 GYAINOGRAMMA CYANEA, n. sp. 



$ 5 . 19-20 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs blue-blackish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; blue-blackish : 

 cilia concolorous. Hindwings and cilia very deep blue, fading to 

 dark fuscous. 



ZULULAND, Mfongosi, in October and November (W. E. Jones), 

 four specimens; NATAL, Pinetown (G. F. Leigh), one in my own col- 

 lection. 



GEN. HYPONOMEUTA, Latr. 

 HYPONOMEUTA NIGRICOLA, n. sp. 



$ J . 17-18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark leaden- 

 grey, tongue yellow. Abdomen blackish. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique ; dark glossy leaden-grey ; about sixteen black dots as 

 follows, viz., two near base (subcostal and median), three in a 

 subdorsal series, three obliquely beyond these above fold, three 

 beneath costa (third little beyond middle), one in disc at f (some- 

 times a second beyond this), and two or three transversely placed 

 towards apex : cilia leaden-grey. Hindwings blackish ; an elongate 

 transparent patch beneath cell at base ; cilia blackish. 



TRANSVAAL, Barberton (H. Edwards) ; ZULULAND, Mfongosi 

 (W. E. Jones), in March and April; four specimens. Very like 

 fumigata, but smaller, and dots differently placed and less numerous, 

 basal hyaline patch of hindwings larger. 



