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Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 

 Six <S c? from Natal (A. J. Ri.iller). 



The costa of forewings is concave and producod iti front ; the hindmargiu 

 strongly curved. 



217. Synopsia(?) octopunctata sp. nov. 



Forewings : grey, dusted and sntl'nsed with darker ; the lines dark grey or 

 blackish, obliiine ; first from a dark spot at one-third of costa, acutely angled in cell, 

 then oblique to inner margin close to base, preceded by a diffuse dark shade ; outer line 

 at three-fonrths, excurved beyond cell, then obliqne, slightly sinuous to middle of inner 

 margin, followed by a dark shade ; cell-spot round, diffuse, of black and grey scales ; 

 a central line rises from a dark spot above the cell-spot, is doubly dentate beyond 

 cell and oblicinely sinnons inwards to inner margin jnst before outer line ; submarginal 

 line pale, cuneiform, edged internally with dark grey and followed by dark grey 

 snflfnsion ; a marginal row of black spots between the veins : the dark shade 

 beyond the outer line is diffused beyond the cell to the hindmargiu : fringe grey. 



Ilitifhrinqx : with antemedian and postmediau dark lines, the latter followed by 

 a thick dark shade ; a wavy pale submarginal lino, with dark edges ; cell-spot as 

 in forewings. 



Underside shining whitish grey : both wings with round rell-s])ot and macular 

 apical spots velvety black. Palpi dark ; lace fuscous, with a fine white line above 

 and below ; head, thorax, and abdomen grey, speckled with darker. 



Expanse of wings : 45 mm. 



One ? from Weenen, Natal. 



Easilv distinguished by the black spots of the underside. In the forewings 

 veins 11 and 12 are stalked ; lU free, but anastomosing with 11; 7, s, 1) stalked. 



Subfamily ASCOTINAE. 

 218. Ascotis selenaria Tliib. ab. fasciata nov. 



Forewings : with the ground-colour and markings as in tlie type-form : but the 

 whole outer half of wing beyond the median line suffused with rufous fuscous, 

 leaving a grey blotch at apex and two whitish grey blotches below the middle and 

 above anal angle, the large discal spot, which is trident ate, remaining also nnsuffused ; 

 the basal area is likewise faintly tinged with rufous. 



IlinJwim/s : the same, but with the hindmargiu beyond the double jmstmedian 

 line whitish from anal angle to vein 6. 



Underside white, with the snbmarginal line in both wings blackish, in 

 the forewings connected with hindmargiu by a large subapical black blotch : cell- 

 spots black, that on the forewings very large and with the middle tooth prolonged 

 outwards. 



Expanse of wings : 58 mm. 



One ? from Grahamstown, S. Africa, sent along with two ordinary white SS 

 expanding 45 mm. 



Although at first sight tins insect appears to be (|uite a distinct species, 

 yet on closer examination the only real difference, apart from the fuscous 

 suffusion, between it and typical selenaria Hut), lies in the sine and shape of the 

 cell-spot of forewings. 



