( 503 ) 



line at two-tliinls. fine, dentate-hniul;i,lc, followed closely liy anolliei- grey line, sini|ilf 

 lint tlii(_'l<enc(l on inner margin; .sllllM]a^^'inal line broad; niarginal area grey ; lainl 

 (laik inurgiiial daslips between \cins; fringe glossy oclireous, with black dots along 

 base beyond veins. 



Uhidn'liKjs: like forewings, but wilhouf first line, and with the outer lines 

 curved. 



I'nderside of forewings suffused with grey; eell-sj)ot, median, and outer lines 

 |ikiiu; of hindwings whitish, with small cell-sj.ot and curved outer line; fringes 

 glossy. Face and paljii dark brown; thcjni.x and abdojiicn like wings. 



Kxiianse oi wings: 2'2 mm. 



Oue c? from tlie Escarpment, liiilish KasI Africa, l!»l)l (Doherly). 



38. Ptychopoda oenozonata sp. nov. 



Foreiriiii/s : pale olive; the costal region broadly, four transverse shades, and 

 the cell-spot vinous red; the red of the cosia is varied with a few scattered black 

 scales; first and second bands at one-fourth and one-half, diffuse, the .second forming 

 two lunules, one above, the other below the median; third band fiom three-fourth.s 

 of costa to near anal angle almost straight; fourth snbmarginal, waved ; fringe olive. 



Hindwhu/s : with basal area, anteinedian, |iostniedian, and marginal bands red. 



Underside with all the tints duller. Jlca<l, thorax, and abdomen red. 



Expanse of wings : 14 mm. 



One ? from Kilwa, German Ea.st Africa, May 1900 (Reimer). 



Cell of forewings quite two-thirds of wing; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 all stalked from before 

 end of cell; first median at three-fourths, second at seven-eighths. In the hind- 

 wings G and 7 separate close before hiudmargin. 



39. Ptychopoda parallelaria sp. nov. 



Forewi-iKjs : dingy brownish grey; the lines darker, thick ami diffuse; basal 

 line obscure, curved below costa; four outer Hues, median, e.\terior, snbterndnal and 

 marginal, parallel to each other and hindmargin, at even distances apart, obliipie 

 from costa to submedian fold, there bent, and vertical to inner margin ; cell-.sjiot 

 small, black, placed on the median line; fringe concolorous, witli dark dots at base 

 beyond the veins. 



Jlladwiw/s : similar, but without first line. 



Underside like upper, but the submarginal space decidedly pale. Face and jialjii 

 dark brown ; thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : Ifi mm. 



Oue <S from the Escarpment, I'.ritish Fast Aliica. I<"cbruary )U()1 (Dolicrty). 



Both wings narrow and elongated. 



40. Ptychopoda recurvinota sp. nov. 



Fwewini/a: very pale ochreous, slightly tinged in places with darker ochreous, 

 and siirinkled with black scales; first line curved, from one-third of costa to one- 

 fourth of inner margin, very indistinct, but marked by dots on veins; median shade 

 diffuse, from three-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin, ])assing beyond the small 

 black cell-spot ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, 

 obscure, but marked by dark dots on veins, obliipie outwards to vein II, then incurved 

 and sinuous; the two sublerniinal shades wedge-shaped on the veins, the 



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