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of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, followed ]>j si diffuse blackisli shade, densest 

 beyond cell and above inner margin; cell-spot black. Innate; veins towards hind- 

 margin paler ; fringe fawn-colonr. 



Iliiiiliciny : with sinuons black postmedian line, followed by a dark cloud, which 

 is most intense at inner margin ; cell-sj}ot small. 



Underside reddish fawn-colonr, with sparse dark speckling, and striae along 

 costa of both wings ; cell-spots black. 



Head and thorax hairy, greyish fawn-colonr ; abdomen pale fawn ; terminal 

 segment of palpi fnscons. 



E.xpanse of wings : 35 mm. 



1 S from the foot of the Nienwveld Mountains, five miles north-west of 

 Beaufort West (Miss Bntt). 



67. Euomoea ochrea spec. nov. 



Foreiving : yellow ochreons, with fine sparse blackish transverse striae ; the 

 lines formed by black dots on veins connected by confluent striae, more thickly 

 marked at costa; first line at one-third, slightly waved and inclined inwards; 

 second from four-fifths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, curved below costa ; 

 a large black cell-spot, and small black marginal dots ; fringe concolorons. 



Hindiving : paler, with slight cell-spot and postmedian line from cell to inner 

 margin. 



Underside yellowish, with few speckles ; outer line of forewing only showing 

 towards costa ; hindwing with fine curved submargiual line, not visible above. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the last much paler. 



Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



1 S from Tweedie, Natal (Morton). 



68. Exelis ansorgei spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull dirty grey with darker speckles ; the two lines fuscous ; first, 

 from one-fourth of costa to middle of inner margin, projecting outwards on suli- 

 median fold ; outer line from two-thirds of costa, curving inwards over the blackish 

 cell-sjiot, approaching first line in the submedian space, then outcnrvcd and forming 

 a double dark mark at three-fourths of inner margin ; fringe grev. 



llimhiinq : with an irregularly waved dark line just beyond middle, and traces 

 of a snbmarginal shade, most visible at anal angle ; a blackish cell-spot. 



Underside equally dingy ; the costa of forewing dull ochreons with dark striae. 



Thorax and abdomen dull grey ; head and palpi dark brownish. 



Exi)anse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 i from Degama. Niger Coast Protectorate (Dr. Ansorge). 



Hindmargin of forewing long and oblique, passing into inner margin without 

 forming a distinct anal angle. 



