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302. Scotomera tripartita sp. nov. 



Forewinqs : pale reddisli brown over the basal, dark brown iu the central, and 

 pale reddish grey iu the marginal area ; first line before one-third, dark brown^ 

 outwardly oblique and slightly wavy, reaching inner margin in the middle, edged 

 towards the base with pale ; second line at three-fourths, dark brown, edged out- 

 wardly with pale, oblique inwards parallel to hindmargin as far as the first median, 

 then vertical to inner margin before anal angle ; the central area thus twice as wide 

 on costa as on inner margin ; costa between the lines dark, dotted with whitish ; a 

 dark cell-spot ; the pale marginal area reddish along costa ; a marginal row of black 

 spots ; fringe reddish grey, with darker line near liase. 



HindivinffS : dull whitish, with traces of a dark postmedian line from costa, 

 which vanishes iu middle of wing ; a dark marginal line before the fringe, which is 

 paler towards anal angle. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish grey. Underside pale straw-colour, with 

 the darker central portions showing through ; costa of both wings thickly dusted 

 with reddish fuscous scales ; marginal dots and fringe as above ; a cell-spot on 

 hindwings. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



One <S from Weenen, Natal. 



The only example has no tongue visible, but in all other respects it agrees so 

 exactly with Scotomera that I have no doubt this is an accidental mutilation. 



Sphalerosticha gen. nov. 



Foreivings : with costa straight or incurved ; apex blunt ; hindmargin slightly 

 oblique and curved ; anal angle well marked. 



Himhi'ings : triangular, the hindmargin nearly straight, the inner margin long. 



Vertex and patagia densely and coarsely scaled ; ocelli absent ; tongue well 

 developed : labial palpi obliquely porrect, squamous, the third joint distinct ; 

 maxillary palpi invisible: antennae (t?) quite shortly ciliated, the shaft thickened 

 towards base, the basal joint inflated. 



Neuration : forewings with cell half as long as wing, the discocellular nearly 

 vertical ; first median intva a little before lower angle, second and third from the 

 angle ; lower radial just above it ; upper radial well below upper angle of cell ; last 

 subcostal from the upper angle, /)re, and slightly curved downwards, as is likewise 

 the upper radial ; third and fourth subcostals stalked from the angle ; second from 

 close before the angle, first some distance before it. Hindwings with the discocellu- 

 lar very oblique below; the costal free ; the two subcostals from upper angle of cell : 

 first median at three-fourths, second shortly before the angle, third and radial from 

 the angle. 



Type : Sphalerosticha ohlanuta sp. nov. 



The neuration in the forewings is abnormal, the fifth subcostal being free, as in 

 the Pi/ruusfinae ; but instead of curving upwards close to the fourth, it is bent 

 downwards away from it. 



303, Sphalerosticha oblunata sp. nov. 



Forewini/s : greyish white, evenly jjowdered with dark scales; costa exceedingly 

 minutely dotted with black ; first line indistinct, blackish, before one-third, vertical 



