( l-l ) 



snffnsed with darker grey ; basal pittuli [irojecting in middle, witli three dark lines, 

 and a bhiokish spot near base ; central fascia with the edges crenulate, the inner 

 edge indented in cell, the outer projecting ou veins 6 and 4, each accompanied by 

 two dark lines ; cell-spot elongate, somewhat annular ; two darker lunulate-dentate 

 snbterminal lines, the exterior followed by the jialer but obscure submarginal line ; 

 marginal area narrowly darker ; j)airs of marginal blackish si)ots at the ends of the 

 veins ; fringe rufous ochreous. 



Hinilwings : dingy dark greyish fuscous. 



Underside of both wings like the hindwiugs above. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 29 mm. 



!(?,!? from Cape Town, October 1864 (Felder Coll.). 



Mimoclystia gen. nov. 



Forewiiigs : elongate ; the costa nearly straight ; hindmargin oblique, slightly 

 curved towards anal angle. 



Hinrlwings : somewhat elongate, with the angles and hindmargin rounded. 



Antennae of 6 simple, lamellate ; palpi jrorrect, shortly rostriform ; tongue and 

 frenulum present ; hind-tibiae with four spurs. 



Neuration : forewings, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular vertical above, 

 oblique below ; first median nervule at three-fourths, second close to third ; radials 

 normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from end of cell ; 10 and 11 stalked, 10 anastomosing with 

 7, 8, 9, forming a single areole ; hindwings with discocellular oblique below ; costal 

 anastomosing with subcostal for three-fourths of cell ; 6 aud 7 stalked. 



Type Mimoeh/Mia umlitlosata sp. nov. 



I cannot refer this species to any of the existing genera of which the species are 

 characterised by the possession of a single areole. 



20. Mimoclystia undalosata sp. nov. 



Forewings: whitish, the lines and shading fuscous mixed with dull reddish 

 scales ; all the lines strongly lunnlate dentate and distinct ; the basal patch, central 

 fascia, and band before submarginal line darkest, being suffused with fuscous scales ; 

 basal patch with three dark lines ; central fascia with four, the two inner coalescing 

 below the median vein to form anuuli ; the submarginal band with two lines, of 

 which the inner is blackish and concise ; the pale bands on each side of central 

 fascia with a dark transverse line ; the basal patch, both edges of central fascia, and 

 the submarginal baud finely and clearly edged with white ; the reddish scales 

 scattered alike over the dark fasciae and pale bands ; cell-spot blackish ; marginal 

 line formed of pairs of thick black dashes at the vein ends ; fringe whitish, with a 

 pinkish grey middle and apical line, and darker beyond veins. 



IJimlwiiigs : pale dull grey, with all the lines darker grey and denticulate. 



Underside speckled with black and sutiused with brighter rufous, especially 

 along hindmargius ; all the lines blackish ; the submarginal shade conspicuous. 

 Head and thorax a mixture of grey and reddish scales ; abdomen without the red. 



Exj)anse of wings : 20 mm. 



1 6 I'rum Kn^sua, S. Africa (Felder Coll.). 



