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GEN. XYEOSAE1S, Meyr. 

 XYROSARIS SECRETA, n. sp. 



$ . 15 mm. Head white. Palpi and thorax white irrorated 

 with grey and dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, widest before middle, thence attenuated, costa moderately 

 arched, apex pointed, termen faintly sinuate, extremely oblique ; 

 whitish-grey, partially tinged with brownish, and finely sprinkled 

 with black points; several minute black dots anteriorly; undefined 

 opposite spots of black irroration on costa and dorsum at I, and a 

 less distinct spot on costa at f ; a black dot or group of scales in 

 disc at f ; a minute black dot near apex, and one on costa obliquely 

 before this: cilia whitish-grey, on costa sprinkled with blackish. 

 Hind wings grey, thinly scaled towards base but without clear 

 hyaline space ; cilia grey. 



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

 Very like maligna, but without the conspicuous hyaline spaces 

 in hindwings. 



PLEXIPPICA, n. g. 



Head loosely haired ; tongue absent. Antennae , in $ serrate, 

 minutely ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, with strong 

 pecten of scales. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second 

 joint clothed with dense rough projecting scales above, terminal 

 joint short, obtuse. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae 

 clothed with hairs above. Forewings with 2 from f, 3 from angle, 

 7 absent, 8-10 rather near together, 11 from before middle. Hind- 

 wings under 1, elongate-lanceolate, cilia 2 ; 2-5 parallel, 5 and G 

 rather approximated towards base, 6 and 7 parallel. 



PLEXIPPICA VERBERATA, n. sp. 



$ . 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with white. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa almost 

 straight, apex pointed, termen hardly rounded, extremely oblique ; 

 fuscous, irregularly mixed with white, veins darker fuscous ; a 

 moderately broad white median longitudinal streak from i to -f, 

 divided below its middle by a line of dark fuscous scales not 

 reaching anterior extremity : cilia whitish-fuscous, at base with 

 some dark fuscous scales. Hindwings whitish-grey : cilia pale 

 whitish-ochreous. 



BUSHMANLAND, Jackals Water (E. M. Lightfoot) ; one specimen. 



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