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31. Ptychopoda aiiriflua sp. nov. 



Forewings: deep yellow, the costii and five tranverse bauds blood-red; the lii>t, 

 basal, simi'lv sinuous; the second, median, slightly waved ; the outer and subinarginal 

 distinctly waved; the last three indented in cell and more strongly on submedian 

 fold ; the fifth band, marginal, is thinner than the rest ; fringe deep yellow ; the costal 

 red streak sometimes forms a broad blotch at base. 



Hindwings: exactly similar, without the costal red streak. 



Underside much paler, the bands attenuated. Forelegs, head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and base of antennae blood-red; abdomen beneath and other legs yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 1 j mm. 



Two (J S from Lialui, F)arotse (Coryndon). 



Near to and superficially much resembling Ptychopoda oenosonatn, described 

 below, from Kilwa, German East Africa, but larger, much brighter colouied, and the 

 bauds differently placed and shaped. 



3.5. Ptychopoda laciniata sp. nov. 



Fm-eu'incjs: bone-colour, thinly scaled, finely sprinkled with dark atoms; basal 

 area slightly darker; lines all obscure, dark grey; first curved, at one-fourth; median 

 outcurved above round the black cell-spot ; outer line at three-fourths, lunulate- 

 dentate, nearly vertical to vein 3, then incurved; two grey subterminal shades; 

 marginal lunules black ; fringe concolorous. 



Hindivinijs : without first line. 



Underside of forewings grey-tinged towards base; cell-spot, marginal spots, and 

 outer line represented ; hindwings without grey suffusion. Face and palpi black ; 

 vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings. Antennae of i subserrate, shortly ciliated. 



Expanse of wings : 19 mm. 



One c? from the Escarpment, British East Africa. March 1901 (\V. Doherty). 



36. Ptychopoda lilliputaria sji. nov. 



Foreivivgs: dull ochreons, coarsely scaled; no distinct lines, but their course 

 indicated by a few scattered dark scales at one-third, two-thirds, and before hind- 

 margin ; a rather large dark cell-spot at two-thirds; fiinge concolorous, without 

 basal line or .spots. 



Hindtoings : with traces of jiostmedian and submarginal lines, and a small 

 cell-spot just beyond middle. 



Underside similar. Thorax and abdomen concolorous; face and palpi lirown ; 

 vertex whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 12 mm. 



One ¥ from Impalu Kiver, Angola (I'enrice). 



F'orewings elongate, three times as long as liroad ; cell two-thiids of wing; 

 hiudwings slightly protuberant in middle, and insinuate above anal anL;le and below 

 apex; hiudmargin .short. 



37. Ptychopoda nitescens sp. nov. 



Fwewings: smooth pale ocbreous grey, very finely dusted with darker; the 

 lines grey, oblique almost throughout; first very fine, bent below cost a; median 

 shade diffuse, dentate-binulate and sinuous, [lassiug over the black ce'l-spot ; outer 



