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Chlorerythra gen. nov. 



Forewiags : elongate; eo.sta stiaiglit till shortly before apex, which is proiiiinoiit ; 

 hindmargin oblique, straight. 



Hindiuings : with rounded hindtnargin, and anal angle jiroduced and square. 



Palpi rostriform, drooping ; tongue present ; antennae of cJ strongly pectinated 

 to the end ; hind tibiae of d with four spurs. Neuration normal. 



Type : Chlorerythra rabriplaga Warr. 



Distinguished from both diamptolomd, ^^'arr. and 'Trnmiiuht Saalm. by tlie 

 rounded hindiniirgiu and decide<lly [iroduced anal angle of the hindwings. 



Chlorerythra rubriplaga sp. nov. 



Foreioings: pale green, with an oblique red-brown stripe from inner margin 

 at two-thirds towards apex, which it does not reach ; this stripe is edged externally 

 by a pale pinkish ochreous stripe ; fringe vinous red, with a darker basal line, 

 preceded by a pale pinkish ochreous streak along the hindmargin. 



Hindiuings: ochreous tinged with green; fringe concolorous, but with a thick 

 red basal line. 



Thorax concolorous with forewings, abdomen with liinilwings; face and }jalpi 

 red-brown ; vertex and antennae white. Underside pale yellowish green on inner 

 half of forewings, suffused with rosy brown near base and along the costa, and with 

 ochreous dusted with reddish towards a]iex ; a reddish oblique line from before apex, 

 just where the line is wanting above. Hindwings greenish ochreous, thickly sprinkled 

 with reddish, and with a straight reddish line before hindmargin. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



Several of lioth sexes from South Africa. 



Cnemodes Guen., Phal., ii., p. o. 

 Guenee placed under Cnemodes three species: hlrcarlu, castaria, and 

 indignaria. Hircaria is identical with H. S.'s Semaeopus serrilinearia, both 

 names, generic and specific, being prior to Guende's. Sernueopics must therefore 

 stand for serrilinearia ( = hircaria Gn.) and for castaria. which is congeneric. 

 Cnemodes may be retained, however, for Guenee's third species, indigmirla, which 

 differs in several points. 



Conchocometa gen. nov. 



Allied to the group of Plallsodcs, etc., but characterised by the following points : 

 hind tibiae of tj with two, of ? with four, spurs of very unequal length ; basal 

 segments of abdomen of c? armed with Haps of scales, one at each side being smooth 

 and very glossj'. 



Type: Conchocoineta sahulosa Warr. 



Conchocometa sabulosa sp. nov. 

 Foreivings : pale dull sand colour, thickly dusted with darker sandy and fuscous 

 atoms ; the fuscous atoms thickest along the costa ; basal, central, exterior, and two 

 snbmarginal lines dark sandy, the exterior alone marked by very dark red vein- 

 jioints ; an indistinct dark cell-spot ; fringe concolorous, with a row of deep red spots 

 at the base between the veins, and a row of similar-coloured dots in the fringe 

 o])posite the ends of the veins. 



Hindxuings : the same, but the cell-siiot distinct, brown-black. 



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