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submedian fold ; basal area larger and paler, limited by a pale out- 

 wardly dark-edged line, which is strongly angled outwards above 

 and below vein 1, the angles followed by wedge shaped black marks ; 

 a black line in basal half of cell, often continued beyond reniform 

 stigma to outer line ; the reniform with a pale spot before and 

 beyond it ; veins usually denned by black ; costa more distinctly 

 spotted black and ochreous ; in other respects like basalts, 



Occurs in several localities in South Africa ; the type, a 5 from 

 Smithfield, Orange Free State, 1910. (Kannemeyer.) 



60. PYKAMS EFFULGENS, spec. nov. 



Forewing : Brownish fulvous ; the basal and terminal areas deep 

 red brown ; costa dark brown with 8 pairs of yellowish dots, each 

 pair with a red dot at centre ; basal area limited by a silvery white 

 line, oblique inwards at ^ from subcostal vein, where it is inbent to 

 costa at the fifth pair of dots ; outer line finely yellow edged with 

 black scales, from ;} of costa to close before anal angle, outcurved 

 from vein 8 to submedian fold ; a row of black lunules along term en ; 

 fringe with a fine pale basal line, the basal third iron-grey, the outer 

 two-thirds dark grey, except between apex and vein 4, where they 

 are yellow. 



Hindiuing : Dark grey, with two white lines converging towards 

 inner margin above anal angle, conversely edged with blacker grey, 

 and containing a pale yellowish space towards costa ; fringe as in 

 fore wings. 



Underside of forewing blackish grey mixed with reddish, reddish 

 along costa, where the 8 pairs of yellowish dots form 8 semicircles ; 

 outer line alone distinct, edged with blackish, and bright yellow 

 above middle ; hindwing reddish, with two broad black bands, 

 antemedian and postmedian, the latter edged with yellowish ; both 

 wings with the terminal black spots strongly marked. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dull fulvous red ; the third segment 

 of dorsum with a black belt. 



Expanse of wings : 15 mm. 



1 ? from M'fongosi, Zululand, April, 1911. (W. E. Jones.) 



GEN. BOSTEA, Wlk. 



61. BOSTKA FLAVICOSTALIS, spec. nov. 

 (Plate XLL, fig. 22.) 



Forewing : Yellow, suffused with reddish fulvous, becoming 

 brownish fuscous at termen ; the inner margin remains diffusely 



