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cell-spot with a grey riug round it before the central gre)- dentate line ; fringe of 

 both wings white, with a row of shallow black lunules between the veins. 



Underside whitish, sprinkled with dark scales, with the cell-spots and two 

 outer lines distinct. Face and palpi black ; collar ferrnginons ; vertex, thorax, and 

 abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



Common from S. Africa, and also occurring in Abyssinia. The African 

 equivalent of the Indian nictata Guen. 



110. Craspedia castissima sp. nov. 



Fomcinqx : dull cream-white, with sparse black scales ; a small black dot at 

 base below submedian vein ; first line at one-third, indicated by three black dots, 

 on subcostal, median, and submedian respectively; a small black cell-spot ; median 

 shade grey, dentate, strongly excnrved in upper two-thirds ; outer line at four-fifths, 

 marked by black dots on veins, connected by a fine grey line, the three below costa 

 in a line oblique outwards, the lower five in a curve; snbmarginal line of the ground- 

 colour between two grey dentate shades ; a row of large black marginal dots ; fringe 

 white. 



Hindwings : the same, without first line, the central shade becoming ante- 

 median : the cell-dot larger. 



Underside greyer, with the markings obscured. Palpi above and externally 

 and toj) of face dark fuscous ; lower half of face, vertex, thorax, and abdomen 

 white ; the abdomen with black dusting ; collar ferruginous. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



Several from Cedar Bay, Cooktowu (A. S. Meek). 



111. Craspedia deserta sp. nov. 



Forewings : pale rufous ochreous, dnsted with dark scales; first line curved, 

 diffuse, from costa at one-third to inner margin at one-fourth ; median line oblique, 

 slightly curved, from costa at two-thirds to middle of inner margin, becoming 

 obsolete towards costa ; outer line from four-fifths of costa to two-thirds of inner 

 margin, curved and concise, blackish, with black dots on veins, followed, except 

 beneath costa, by a dark oblique shade ; snbmarginal line indistinct ; cell-spot 

 black, distinct ; a row of linear marginal dashes ; fringe concolorous, with a dark 

 grey line before the tips. 



Hindwings : with the central shade distinct and antemedian, preceding the 

 dark cell-spot ; the outer line minutely waved, followed liy two darker shades ; 

 fringe as in forewings. 



Underside similar, the lines less distinct. Face, palpi, collar, and forelegs 

 dark ferruginous : vertex white ; thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



In some numbers from Weenen, Natal. 



The wings are narrow and elongate, as in Lycauges Butler. Some examples 

 are pale ochreous, without any rufous tinge. 



112. Craspedia dissonans sp. nov. 



Forewings bone-colour, dusted with grey, and with all the lines grey ; these 

 are all placed almost exactly as in C. deserta ^Varr., liut are more diffuse and 



