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14fi. Sterrha associata sp. nov. 



Forewings : bi)iie-C(il()ni-, tinged with grey ; the lines dark grey or blackish ; 

 first at oue-tiiird, enrved, from a dark spot ou costa ; cell-spot dark ; outer line at 

 fonr-fifths, curved and tine to the iirst median, then vertical and thicker, also 

 starting from a dark costal spot ; two dark snbmarginal fasciae, between which runs 

 the paler snbmarginal line ; fringe concolorons, with minute dark specks in the 

 basal half opposite the veins. 



Ilvii/iciiu/s : the same ; the marginal dusky area broader. 



Underside rather darker. Face and palpi black ; vertex, tliorax, and abdomen 

 concolorons. 



Expanse of wings : 12 mm. 



Two (S<S from Weenen, Natal, April 189.5. 



cf antennae ciliated ; hind tibiae of 6 fully developed, with a terminal pair oi' 

 large spurs. 



141. Sterrha obliquiscripta sp. nov. 



Foreioings : wliitish, thickly bnt finely dusted with fuscous atoms ; with five 

 orey oblique lines : the first, very indistinct, at one-third ; the second median 

 passing over the black cell-spot ; the third at three-fourths, with hardly perceptible 

 dark dots on the veins behind : the fourth thicker and nearer the third on inner 

 margin than on costa : the fifth subtermiual, fine and indistinct : a marginal row of 

 lilackish dashes ; fringe whitish, with a dark middle line. 



Hiiuhcings : with four lines. 



Underside darker, especially in forewings, which towards co.sta are suffused 

 with grey: the outer three lines only shown. Face and ]ialpi dark brown ; vertex, 

 thorax, and abdomen whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One S from Weenen, Natal, August 1894. 



Antennae of c? with fine fascicles of cilia ; hind tibiae simple, short, with 

 terminal spurs only ; vein 3 in both wings before angle of cell ; vein 7 of hindwings 

 before upper angle. 



142. Sterrha picta sp. nov. 



Forewings : silky white : the basal region with a pale violet stain, which forms 

 a sharp tooth along the median, and runs out along costa to the middle of the wing, 

 where it becomes deep violet ; first line marked by a deep violet spot on inner 

 margin at one-third on the edge of the violet tint, with another spot of mixed bright 

 ochreous and black scales obliquely above it : cell-spot black, distinct, consisting of 

 raised scales ; outer line at four-fifths, parallel to hinilniargin, bright ochreous, 

 interrnpted below middle, and becoming deep violet above inner margin : a row of 

 deep violet marginal dots ; fringe fnll, pure white. 



Iliiuhmnga : white ; a minute dark cell-spot and row of marginal dots ; costa 

 at base and inner margin along middle stained with violet. 



Underside of forewings violet-grey, deej)er towanls costa, with the cejl-spot and 

 marginal spots black ; traces of two wavy snbmarginal lines ; fringe white ; hind- 

 wings white, with costa stained with violet ; cell-spot and marginal dots black. 

 Face and fore tibiae and femora deep violet ; palpi and vertex ochreous white : 

 thorax and abdomen jiure white, the latter with reddish dorsal spots. 



