434 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIV. 1017. 



is more distally placed than the corresponding lines in scriptaria, angled 

 outward about R' and inward at M' ; distal area weakly clouded, the dentate 

 subterminal line interrupted, rather near the termen, reaching it at tornus ; 

 cell-dot rather large, black ; terminal dashes moderately strong ; fringe some- 

 what chequered. Hindwinrj with termen .straight or very shghtly concave 



from before R' to R' ; costal margin pale, the rest nearly as on forewing. though 

 somewhat more weakly marked, except at abdominal margin ; cell-dot small 

 but distinct ; the double whitish line which separates median from distal area 

 fairly well developed, strongly bent inward about M'. 



Underside scarcely irrorated, thus appearing whiter, with shght fuscous 

 suffusion on forewing except at posterior margin ; cell-dots sharp ; a single 

 dark po.stmedian line and a proximal subterminal fairly well developed, especi- 

 ally the former. 



E. Transvaal : White River, 1910 (A. J. t'ooke). Type in coll. Brit. Mus. 

 I have also seen a rather worn $ from Three Sisters, March 11. 1911, in coll. 

 A. J. T. Jane. 



14. Eupithecia infelix spec. nov. 



(J, 22-23 mm. Head and bodj' above dark fuscous, on abdomen mixed 

 with black, the face with a decided tinge of red ; underside of body and legs 

 light brownish. Palpus moderate, rough-scaled, pale at base, otherwise mixed 

 with black on outer side. Antennal ciliation minute. Abdominal crests small, 

 each succeeded by a small pale dot. 



Forewing moderately elongate, costa shghtly curved, apex not very sharp, 

 termen strongly obhcj^ue, shghtly curved ; pale brown with a slight reddish tinge 

 and with minute but copious dark grey irroration ; costa with irregular black 

 spots, the most prominent being at the proximal and distal boundaries of the 

 median area ; some short black dashes on M in median area, on SM nearly 

 throughout and shghtly on some of the other veins distally ; the transverse 

 dark markings otherwise not well developed, angulated in middle of cell and 

 about R^ posteriorly nearly parallel with termen, somewhat wavj- ; post- 

 median somewhat obUque inward at costa, angled inward subcostally ; cell- 

 spot black, conspicuous, somewhat elongate, slightly obhque outward ; band 

 distally to median area shghtly paler and more brownish, with the intersecting 

 line feeble ; subterminal hne white, consisting of small wedge-shaped interreural 

 markings from costa to M' and a large, somewhat elongate subterminal mark 

 between M' and SM' ; shght dark shading proximally and distally to these 

 white markings; terminal line black, interrupted at the veins, somewhat 

 thickened between ; fringe largeh' clouded with grey, paler distallj^ and with 



a fine, shghtly intsrrupted and whitish line at its base, Hindtving elongate, 



but with apex nearly rounded ; rather paler than forewing, proximally and 

 anteriorly less tinged with reddish ; cell-dot black , not elongate ; hues indi- 

 cated at abdominal margin, two beyond the middle usually traceable across the 

 wing, curved about R' ; distal area occupied by a vague band, the subtemiinal 

 line obsolete, excepting a roundish subtornal spot ; terminal line w-eak ; fringe 

 rather pale, dark -chequered. 



Underside less reddish-tinged : lines moderatel}' strong at costal margin 

 of forewing, the postmedian generally traceable throughout on forewing and 



