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on costa by a suffused white spot ; a dark fuscous fascia crossing 

 middle of both segments, anterior edge suffused, posterior straight, 

 edged by a white Hne : ciHa whitish, round termen of both segments 

 witli a dark fuscous subbasal hne, within cleft mixed with fuscous 

 except a patch on lower margin of first segment posteriorly, followed 

 by some blackish scales, on dorsum with a triangular projection of 

 blackish scales at f, a small projection at |, and a larger one at 

 tornus. Hindwings dark grey; cilia fuscous, on dorsum of third 

 segment with a large elongate-triangular projection of fuscous and 

 blackish scales at f , and irregularly scattered black scales between 

 this and base. 



Cape Colony, Montague, in November (Purcell) ; one specimen. 

 Similar to violopias and pusillidactylus, and intermediate between 

 them in size, and also in the position of the dorsal scale-projection 

 of hindwings ; specially characterised by the frontal prominence. 



PSELXOPHORUS ASTRAGALOTES, n. Sp. 



<? . 15 mm. (Head defaced.) Antennae greyish mixed with 

 white. Thorax light fuscous, shoulders white. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous with white subdorsal and lateral lines, latter partly edged 

 above with dark fuscous. Legs white lined with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings cleft from J-, segments acute, first narrow, second very 

 narrow ; light fuscous sprinkled with darker ; a narrow white streak 

 along anterior half of costa, scales of extreme costal edge dark 

 fuscous ; a small subquadrate dark fuscous spot in disc at f , followed 

 by a spot of white suffusion ; a dark fuscous elongate mark on costa 

 above base of cleft, preceded and followed by suffused white marks ; 

 a dark fuscous crescentic spot on base of cleft ; a white patch 

 occupying anterior half of second segment except dorsal edge ; both 

 segments mixed with white and dark fuscous towards apex : cilia 

 pale greyish-ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous especially posteriorly, 

 on costa with several white patches, on upper margin of second 

 segment white towards apex, on lower margin of both segments with 

 a white patch beyond middle. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous, 

 at apex of second segment whitish. 



Cape Colony, Clanwilliam (Lightfoot) ; one specimen. Allied to 

 baptodactylus. 



Pterophorus SERPENS, n. sp. 



J . 18 mm. Crown whitish-ochreous, between antennae white, 

 face brownish-ochreous. Palpi moderate, slender, fuscous, white 

 beneath. Antennae ochreous- whitish. Thorax whitish. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, with subdorsal and lateral white stripes. Legs 



