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purplish-fuscous, strewn throughout with undefined strigulse of 

 dark fuscous irroration ; costal edge more or less ochreous-whitish 

 except towards base ; second discal stigma represented by a small 

 spot of dark fuscous suffusion : cilia pale greyish-ochreous mixed 

 with pale purplish-fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings pale greyish- 

 ochreous irrorated with fuscous ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, base 

 sprinkled with fuscous. 



Cape Colony, Kalk Bay, in March (Lightfoot) ; two specimens. 

 Nearly allied to A. percastis Meyr., but forewings rather broader, 

 with termen less oblique, and easily distinguished by the whitish 

 head. 



Amydria rapida, n. sp, 



^ . 18-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-yellowish, forehead 

 suffused with pale fulvous ; tongue short. Palpi whifcish-ochreous, 

 second joint with dense rough projecting scales beneath and long 

 bristles externally, suffused with fulvous above and towards apex, 

 terminal joint rather short. Antennae ochreous-whitish finely ringed 

 with grey. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; pale brownish-ochreous ; markings 

 yellow- whitish or white, indistinct, viz., a broad costal streak from 

 base to 5, a large patch extending over dorsal half from base to 

 tornus, and a broad median streak from i of disc to apex : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, round apex sometimes sprinkled with grey. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey basal shade. 



Cape Colony, Capetown (Lightfoot) ; five specimens. 



Amydria arctocephala, n. sp. 



<? . 16-17 mm. Head dark fuscous mixed with whitish ; tongue 

 developed. Palpi whitish-yellowish sprinkled with fuscous, second 

 joint fuscous except apex, with external row of bristles. Maxillary 

 palpi short, stout. Antennae grey. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous, 

 darker anteriorly. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; pale brownish-ochreous, more brownish towards 

 base of costa, with a very few scattered black specks ; costal edge 

 dark fuscous towards base ; a small black discal dot at f : cilia pale 

 brownish-ochreous (imperfect). Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 with grey subbasal shade. 



Cape Colony, Kalk Bay, in February (Lightfoot) ; two specimens 



