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Face, palpi, aud forelegs deep rcd-browii above, pale below ; vertex, thorax, 

 and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 ¥ from Durban, Natal, July 190'2 (K. Thorn). 



Nearest to S.fguratu Wavy. 



20. Sterrha irrufata spec. nov. 



Vorewhifj : dark terra-cotta, densel}' sprinkled with black scales ; lines black, 

 all irregularly dentate-sinuate, starting at even distances from each other, the inner 

 and outer rather nearer the median than the base and hindmargin resjiectively ; 

 snbmargiiial line of the ground-colour, irregularly waved ; a row of black dashes 

 between the veins close before hindmargin on a narrow terminal band of gronnd- 

 colour ; fringe blackish; cell-spot black, sometimes obscured. 



lUndiciiKj : similar, bnt without basal line. 



Underside fuscous, without markings ; costa of forewing paler. 



Face and palpi black ; vertex ochraceons ; thorax and abdomen like wings, 

 the segments of abdomen with paler rings. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



4 SS from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mts., 5 miles N.W. of 13eaufort West 

 (Miss Butt). 



Distinguished by the peculiar shade of ground-colour and dark nuderside ; 

 superficially the insect is much like Sterrha liis]>iila Warr. from Angola aud Kiiimiltis 

 iDtiCrijitiita Wlk. 



27. Synelys lubricata spec. nov. 



Foreuini/ : bone-colour, somewhat iridescent, and with a very faint ochreous 

 grey tinge ; cell-spot black ; marginal dots very finely black ; the usual five oblique 

 transverse lines are faintly visible in certain lights ; only the outer line is always 

 evident, from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, greyish aud 

 Innulatc-dentate, most marked on inner margin ; fringe concolorous. 



Ilindiring : with fonr lines only. 



Underside ])aler ; widi cell-spots and outer line only marked. 



Face and pal])i black ; vertex white ; thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



1 S from Bango Ngola, Angola, October 1903 (Dr. Ansorgc). 



The forewing is elongate with prominent apex ; the hindwing has only a blunt 

 angle at the middle. 



Subfamily HYDRIOMENINAE. 



28. Ochyria discata spec. nov. 



Forewing : brownish grey ; the lines very fine ; basal patch small, limited aud 

 crossed by curved black lines ; inner edge of central fascia at one-third, sharply 

 angled on subcostal vein, then oblique and slightly wavy, preceded on costa by a 

 small pale spot ; outer edge at two-thirds, blacker and thicker, followed by a pale 

 spot, limited by a fine whitish line, strongly outcurved above and below cell 



