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vertical, concave outwards ; vein 2 at i, 3 close before 4 ; lower 

 radial from a little above middle of discocellular, upper from upper 

 angle of cell ; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked from the angle, 10 and 11 stalked 

 from i- ; 10 all but touching but not really anastomosing with 8, 9 ; 

 hindwing with costal and subcostal closely approximated for f of 

 cell ; discocellular inangulated ; vein 2 at f, 3 at % . 

 Type : Stenoptilotis eupitheciata, spec. nov. 



52. STENOPTILOTIS EUPITHECIATA, spec. nov. 



Forewing : Reddish fawn colour ; the central area dark and pale 

 cinereous ; costa paler and striated with dark, especially along the 

 grey central area ; inner line from 1 of costa, excurved to median 

 vein, then sharply inbent to submedian fold near base, thence sinuate 

 inwards ; outer line from ;": of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 curved parallel to termen ; lunulate dentate, blackish finely edged 

 with whitish ; the central area is much constricted at submedian 

 fold ; cellspot black, elongate ; a narrow grey band along termen 

 with the veins across it reddish fawn colour ; fringe iron-grey 

 mixed with fawn colour beyond veins. 



Hindwing : Fawn colour mixed with grey, with traces of a greyer 

 central fascia below median, edged by dark lines ; cellspot black ; 

 fringe as in forewing. Underside like upper, but the markings 

 blurred ; costa of both wings strongly black-speckled. 



Palpi, frons, thorax, and abdomen fawn colour ; vertex and 

 tegulae grey ; third and fourth segments of dorsum with a double 

 black mark, separated by a black ring. 



Expanse of wings : 31 mm. 



I 5 from Smithfield, Orange Free State, 1910. (Kannemeyer.) 



FAMILY PYRALIDIDAE. 



SUB-FAMILY CRAMBINAE. 



GEN. PLATYTES, Guen. 



53. PLATYTES AURIPLUMBEA, spec. nov. 



(Plate XLL, fig. 16.) 



Foreicing : Dull golden yellow ; the lines metallic lead colour, 

 formed of oblong blotches between the veins ; inner line of three 

 blotches, the middle one joined by a leaden streak from base along 



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