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steely : the veins lie^vond the middle are marked with black ; the yellow frinje is 

 slightly mottled with darker at the ends of some of the veins. 



Jliiu/u'i/if/s : similar : the yellowish cell-blotch with another between it and the 

 inner margin. 



Underside dnll brownish ciuereons, with the cell-blotcbes, hindmargiu, and 

 fringes paler. Thorax and abdomen like wings, a mixtnre of red-brown, yellow, 

 and steely scales ; basal and anal segments of ubdomcn yellower ; .shoulders and 

 collar yellow, speckled with brownish ; vertex yellowish, with a steely spot in 

 middle ; face yellow, with two red spots above ; palpi yellowish, with the ends 

 of all the joints brown. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One ? from Tngela, Solomon Islands (Woodford). 



The single ? is qnite perfect, and a very remarkable-looking insect. 



!!.'). Tephroclystia devestita sp. nov. 



ForeiviiH/s : grey, slightly rnfons-tinged ; the rrosslinos indistinctly marked, 

 commencing as darker spots on the costa, and all angleil below the subcostal vein : 

 traces of basal, antemedian, and median lines, the tirst close to base, the second at 

 one-third, forming the inner edge of the broad central fascia ; outer line ditfuse at 

 two-thirds, the upper arm concave, the lower straight and oblique ; followed by a 

 broad jiale fascia, with its edges and a dark line down its centre parallel to the 

 onter line : marginal area rather darker, with the submarginal line pale and 

 indistinct, preceded by slight dark dashes on the veins ; the marginal area on 

 the costa marked by two dark spots, of which that following the pale fascia is 

 conspicuous ; fringe concolorous, with darker line at base. 



Ilindwings : with the onter lines curved. 



Underside duller and greyer. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with 

 wings. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



One J from Kampala, Uganda, January .'."ith — oOth, ls97 (Dr. Ansorge). 



An inconspicuous species, much resembling T. tenHioM of Europe. 



Oii. Tephroclystia medionotata sp. nov. 



Forewings : ochreons grey, with very obscure traces of the usual obliijue jiale 

 and dark lines ; a diffuse paler streak from near base along centre of wing to 

 hindmargiu below apex ; crossing this streak in the middle of the wing, the pale 

 ochreons lines become white and the darker grey ones blackisji ; a fine black 

 interrupted marginal line ; fringe grey, silky, with jiale base, and two darker grey 

 lines ; a faint dark cell-spot. 



fJindu'inf/s : with hardly any markings. 



Underside grey, dusted with dnrker. Head, thorax, and abdomen ashy grey. 



Expanse of wings : "JS mm. 



Two <? c? from Kukn-nor, Thibet. 



Both wings are very narrow and elongate ; hinclmargin of forewing very oblique, 

 as long as inner margin. Ilindwings with apex rounded, and anal angle almost 

 obsolete. 



