( •■^^6 ) 



long-stalkctl, widely divergent, shortly stalked with '.) ; lu, 11 free: hiiidwing, 

 7 from before end of cell, 4 and 5 stalked. 

 Type : Plesiodesma infans spec. uov. 



aO. Plesiodesma infans spec. nov. 



Forewinq : brownish fuscous, covered with minnte annnliform ochrcoiis reticula- 

 tions, which form obscure anteniedian, postmedian, and snlnuarginal liands ; fringe 

 brown, with the base ochveous yellow. 



Ilindwhig : similar. 



Underside the same. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen varied witli brown and ochreons ; anal jiarts, 

 antennae and abdomen beneath ochreons ; vertex whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 1(3 mm. 



1 (J from Knmusi Kiver, N.E. British New Guinea, low elevation. May 1007 

 (A. S. Meek). 



nil. Proterozeuxis brunnea spec. nov. 



Forctvl/tf/ : dark brown, slightly paler in ?, densely covered with deeper trans- 

 verse reticulating striae and with irregular darker lines ; four vertical before middle, 

 varying much even in the wings of the same specimen; a postmedian line forked at 

 costa and with a slightly browner cloud at end of cell, where it again divides, 

 one branch running to inner margin and there forked, the other to anal angle; 

 a snbmarginal line from costa to outer margin below middle ; fringe dark brown, 

 paler at apex. 



Hindwhu/ : with tlie last three lines of forewing reproduced. 



Underside paler ; the lines more distinct, the reticulations reduced. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : S 48 — 50 mm. ; ? 54 mm. 



2 (?(?, 1 ?, from Shilouvane, Transvaal, November — December 1001 (H. .Tunod). 

 This is nearest Rho.loneura pectiinfm-a Hmpsn., from Sierra Leone. 



01. Proterozeuxis tessellata spec. nov. 



Forcicing : whitish ochreons, thickly reticulated with dark brown and with 

 darker brown interlacing lines, which start from brown triangular costal spots; two 

 near base, more vertical ; those beyond outwardly oblique at first ; two above end 

 of cell unite at the black discal spot, then diverge, to unite again on snbmedian 

 fold, and fork to inner margin ; the fifth runs irregularly to anal angle, where 

 it forks and is connected throughout by ramifying streaks with the ])receding 

 line and also with the sixth, which is forked at costa and runs to middle of outer 

 margin ; fringe deep brown with paler apices ; veins brown. 



Ilindwintj : with the three outer lines; the black discal spot with one of 

 the lines forms a kind of ocellus. 



Underside the same. 



Head, shoulders, and dorsum dark brown ; jiatagia paler brown, ranch varied 

 with ochreons white scales ; abdomen beneath with ]iairs of large shining whitish 

 spots at the end of each segment and traces of lateral ones. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



Two SS from Kasangazi, near Bandawe, 3000 ft. above Lake Nyassa, 

 (Ur. Prentice), 



