194 XOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



the veins and terminal area suffused with brown, the latter broadly towards 

 costa, narrowing to tornus. Underside of fore«ing suffused with brown, the 

 base and inner area white, the terminal half of costa wliite with small blackish 

 spots ; hindwing white with fuscous postmedial hne from costa and slight 

 subterminal shade to vein 2. 



Hcib. TransvaaJ, Wliite R, (Oooke), 1 o" type. E.vp. 24 mill. 



C490f(. Characoma nigricollaris n. sp. 



o. Head and thorax pale blue-grey irrorated with fuscous, the tegulae with 

 black-brown patches meeting dorsally beliind but leaving the middle, sides, and 

 tips pale ; the prothorax \vith a small black spot and the meso- and metathorax 

 with paired spots ; abdomen fuscous brown \\ith the crest at base grey ; 

 antennae fuscous brown: palpi white irrorated with brown except at base and 

 with black points on 1st joint and base of 2nd joint ; jiectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white, the fore femora black above, the tibiae 

 irrorated with brown and the tarsi black at extremity, the hind tibiae and tarsi 

 irrorated with brown. Forewing pale blue-grey irrorated with fuscous ; a 

 black patch at base of cell met by a curved blackish subbasal striga from costa ; 

 antemedial Une black, obhque and very slightly excurved from costa to vein 1, 

 where it terminates, and with a slight black streak beyond it in submedian fold 

 to the faint po.stmcdial line ; a slight black discoidal point ; postmedial line 

 very indistinct, blacldsh, faintly defined on outer side by whitish, with sUght 

 diffused marks at costa, bent outwards with a downwards curve below costa, 

 then waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, a faint dark shade beyond 

 it forming a sUght patch on costal area ; a subterminal series of slight blackish 

 spots, somew hat incurved at discal fold and below vein 5 ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hindwing semihyahne white ; a slight terminal brown line, 

 rather diffused at apex. Underside of forewing bluish white tinged with brown 

 except on inner area, some blackish marks on costa towards apex. 



Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria (D. Gunn), 1 3 type. Exp. 32 mill. 



6517«. Pardasena pmictilinea n. sp. 



o. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with red- brown ; antennae 

 blackish except towards base ; palpi with some dark brown above towards 

 base ; mid femora towards extremity and the tibiae with some dark brown. 

 Forewing white tinged with red-brown ; a black point at base of costa and spot 

 at base of median ncrvure ; a small subbasal black spot on costa ; a faint 

 antemedial line with black bar from costa and small spots at the veins, rather 

 obhquely excurved from below costa ; a small black discoidal spot and blacldsh 

 spot below end of cell ; postmedial hne faint, with two smaO black spots below 

 costa, then a series of points, sUghtly bent outwards below costa, then obUque 

 to vein 4, then incurved, a conical patch of fuscous suffusion beyond it from 

 costa ; subterminal hne formed by small blackish spots, excurved below vein 

 7 and at middle ; a rather maculate fuscous shade before termen from below 

 costa to discal fold ; a terminal series of minute triangular black spots. Hind- 

 ^ving whitish suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area darker except 

 towards tornus ; a dark terminal line and fine white line at base of ciha. 

 Underside of forewing fuscous brown, the base and inner margin wiiitish ; 



