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outer line from a little before apex, irrognlarly sinuons and oblique to two-thinls 

 of inner margin, with a whitish external edge; fringe dull reddish, before which 

 the ground colour of the wing is deeper. 



Ilimbcim/ : tinged with flesh-colour, paler along costa ; a faint outer line. 



Underside pinkish ochreous, paler along inner margins ; the outer line alone 

 marked. 



Head, thorax, abdomen above and below, pectus and legs pale ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



2 a from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mountains, five miles N.W. of 

 Beaufort West (Mrs. Butt). 



Buttia gen. uov. 



Forewing : narrow ; costa straight ; hindmargin ronnded. 



Iliw/wlnq : with the hindmargin and both angles rounded. 



Antennae of 3 bipectinate, the pectinations shortening towards the end ; palpi 

 porrect, hairy ; head, thorax, pectus, and femora hairy ; tongue and frenulum 

 present ; hindtibiae with four spurs. 



Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half of wing ; first median nervnle at 

 two-thirds, second shortly before third ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from 

 before end of cell ; 10, 11 separate, 10 anastomosing at a point with 8, 9 : hind wing, 

 costal approximated to subcostal for three-fourths of cell, which is more than 

 half as long as wing; veins 3 and 7 from angles of cell. 



Type : Buttia noctiwdes spec. nov. 



Named in honour of the collector. 



49. Buttia noctuodes spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull black, with darker dusting ; the lines black ; first line nearly 

 at middle of wing, bluntly angled outwards above and below median vein ; 

 outer line at four-fifths, dentate-lunulate, the teeth on veins 3 and 4 projecting ; 

 black marginal spots before the fringe, which is coucolorous ; cell-spot black, 

 ocelloid. 



Hindwing : dull grey, with outer line only ; fringe grey. 



Underside : forewing blurred cinereous, the costa spotted black and white ; 

 outer line darker ; fringe marked with jialer beyond veins ; hindwing whitish, 

 black-speckled ; cell-spot and outer line blackisli. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey ; face somewhat paler. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



1 c? from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mts., 5 miles N.W. of Beaufort West 

 (Mrs. Butt). 



The species is remarkably uoctuid in appearance, reminding one of a dark 

 £punda. 



50. Euomoea carneata spec. nov. 



Forewing : pale brick-red, coarsely scaled on a paler ground, slightly inter- 

 mixed with grey ; a grey-brown outer line from costa just before apex to two-thirds 

 of inner margin, slightly bent above vein 4 ; a very faint cell-spot ; fringe worn. 



Hindwing : whitish, dusted with reddish and grey towards hindmargin. 



