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inwavfls to before middle of inner margin ; a smaller costnl dot nearer base indicates 

 tlie commencement of an inner line which ai^iears to cnrve ontwards and touch the 

 median line in midwing ; a similar dark dot towards apex denotes the submarginal 

 line ; a black cell-dot at two-thirds ; fringe dusty grey. 



Ilimhriiig : with black cell-dot, and faint inner and outer lines. 



Underside jjale grey ; cell-spots black in both wings. 



Face and ])alpi black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; the vertex and 

 shoulders sometimes whiter. 



Expanse of wings : 8 mm. 



The wings long and narrow ; superticially the insect resembles a small Tinea. 



2 ? ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 6th, 1904. 



42. Ptychopoda granulosa spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 38). 



Forewing : mealy olive-grey; lines denoted by a few black scales, most distinct 

 at costa ; first cnrved at one- fourth ; median slightly curved inwards, more distini't 

 than the rest; exterior and submarginal only marked at costa; fringe full, 

 concolorous with wing ; no cell-spot. 



Iliiuhring : with only the median shade expressed. 



Underside as upper, but dusted with darker and coarser scales; median and 

 outer lines marked towards costa. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen all olive-grey ; face and ])al]ii black. 



Expanse of wings : 10 mm. 



Extremely like the jirecediug sjiecies, P. m/rropfi'ni. from which it can be at 

 once distinguished by the absence of cell-spots. 



2 ? ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 0th and 12th, 1004. 



4:!. fPseudosterrha gayneri Rothsch., JXm: Zoo/, viii. j). 433 (1001) (Sliendi). 

 1 ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 2nd, 1004 (PI. IV. lig. 10 ¥ .) 



44. Zamarada secutaria (Guen.), Li'/j. x. Phal. ii. ]>. 4."). n. '.too (1857) (Abyssinia). 



1 (?, 3 ? ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 4th— Sth ; 1 ?, Kerma, N. Sudan, 

 February 25th, 1904. 



45. tTephrina disputaria (Guen.), Lrp. x.Phal. ii. \>. 480. n. ITlo (1857) (Egypt). 



(PI. IV. tig. 20 ?,25 (J.) 



3 (?<?, 20 ? ?. Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 5th— 11th, 19()4. 



40. Peridela sudanata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 20 <J). 



Fore/riiKj : dirty whitish ochrcous, with an olive-grey suftnsion in basal and 

 marginal areas ; the jialer central area dusted with grey striae ; costa dotted with 

 black ; lines blackish, interrujited ; first curved at one-third ; median shade diffuse, 

 passing outside the black cell-sjiot ; outer line at three-fourths, oblii|uely curved 

 outwards, black and distinct fiom costa to vein 0, there angled and oblique inwards, 

 less distinct, to inner margin at three-fourths, followed by a dark cloud, which is 

 marked with a black spot above vein and by a black blotch on submedian fold ; 

 all the other lines similarly blotched along this fold; an interrupted dark marginal 

 line ; fringe grey. 



