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Hindwings : ])aler; thick aiitemedian, dentate postmediaii aud cloudy sub- 

 margiual lines. 



Underside whitish, without any ochreous tint, speckled with dark grey ; the 

 cell-spots and outer dentate line dark grey. Head aud thora.K dark grey like 

 forewiugs ; abdomen paler, with a double row of black spots above. 



E-xjianse of wings : '.in miii. 



One ? from Northdene, Natal. 



47. Ectropis? subaurata sj). uov. 



Forewiugs: dull grey, dusted aud sufi'used with darker; tlie lines blackisii, 

 thick aud diiFusc ; first from one-fourth of costa curved to near liase of inner 

 margin ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, sinuous, 

 incurved below middle, outcnrved above ; a curved median shade, traversing the 

 dark cell-spot and nearly touching outer line below the middle ; snl)marginal line 

 pale, waved, parallel to hindmargiu ; fringe grey, witli marginal black dots at base. 



Hindtcings : much paler ; no first line ; median shade and outer line farther 

 apart ; a dark cloudy fascia between outer and submarginal line, which is less visible, 

 though present, in the forewiugs. 



Head and thorax dark grey ; abdomen lighter grey, witli a lilackish basal 

 segment. Underside of both wings golden yellow ; forewiugs with ape.x, cell-spot, 

 and blotch at anal angle blackish ; hindwings with cell-spot and marginal fascia 

 blackish. 



Expanse of wings : 3i> mm. 



One ? from Mpeta, Loangwa River, affluent of tlie Zambesi, November and 

 December IS'J.5, beginning of wet season (Coryndon). A doubtful Ectrojjis ; the 

 palpi are long and porrect. 



SuBF.oiiLY SEMIOTHISINAE. 



48. Gonodela alternata sp. nov. 



Forewings : white, slightly speckled with fuscous ; the veins olive-fuscous, the 

 markings blackish fuscous ; all the lines obliijue inwards, thick, aud slightly waved ; 

 first at one-fourth, second in middle, with the black cell-spot touching it ; outer 

 line at three-fifths, thickened at extremities, immediately followed by a thick broad 

 shade ; marginal area olive-fuscous, paler at apex and below vein 4 ; a row of dark 

 marginal lunules ; fringe white, with brown median line and chequered with dark 

 beyond veins. 



Hindwings : the same, without first line. 



Underside like upper, but the markings rufous-brown. 



Head, thorax, and abdomeu ochreous-whitish, speckled with l'us('ous ; anteiiuae 

 white. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



Two ? ? from Delagoa Bay. 



Allied to pfifvolgafa Wlk., from India. 



49. Oouodela maculosa sp. nov. 



An almost exact facsimile of Feridela interrupta Warr., but distinguishable at 

 once in all cases, — besides the difference in the cf antennae, — by the absence of the 



