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rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; brownish sometimes 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, with scattered black scales and strigulae ; 

 several irregular bands of white irroration, edged with white striae, 

 viz., one occupying basal area, one before middle, two narrow ones 

 beyond middle parallel and partly connected, and a narrow one just 

 before termen much enlarged and trifurcate on costa, connected 

 above tornus with preceding, and sending two or three short bars to 

 termen ; the dark median band between these is more or less marked 

 with black in disc, and the subtriangular discal area preceding sub- 

 terminal band is more or less suffused with black, sometimes with 

 longitudinal streaks of ground colour: cilia brownish mixed with 

 white, with rows of dark fuscous points. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia whitish, with two grey shades. 



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

 ten specimens ; also NATAL, Pinetown (G. F. Leigh), two specimens 

 in my collection. 



GEN. AMYDEIA, Clem. 

 AMYDEIA FRAUDULENTA, n. sp. 



$ . 20-21 mm. Head dark fuscous, with some pale hairs. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, second joint with numerous spreading bristles 

 beneath and externally, apex of joints whitish. Antennae fuscous. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, with some pale scales. Abdomen pale greyish- 

 ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 strongly oblique ; bronzy-brown, more or less irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; a suffused round dark fuscous spot in disc at f ; several 

 small suffused dark fuscous spots on posterior half of costa : cilia 

 pale brownish irrorated with dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous ; 

 cilia light greyish-ochreous. 



ZULULAXD, Mfongosi, in September and October (W. E. Jones) ; 

 three specimens. 



CIILOEOPHYTIS, n. g. 



Head loosely rough-haired ; tongue short. Antennae , in $ 

 ciliated. Labial palpi moderate, porrected, second joint densely 

 scaled, with rough projecting scales beneath towards apex, terminal 

 joint moderate, slender, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 filiform, porrected. Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Forewing 

 with 2 from near angle, 7 to termen, 11 from before middle ; surface 

 with small tufts of raised scales. Hindwings 1, rather elongate- 

 ovate, cilia |- ; 2-7 all separate. 



