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2s. Praedora marshalli sjiec. nov. (PI. V. f. 16, S). 



(?. ]>ody if//o>:i- brownish grey, collar with an almost white thin transverse line, 

 sides of mesothoracic tegiila brownish blaek ; abiloinen with a series of small mesial 

 dots and a lateral longitndinal band whii'Ii are brownish black, two widely separate 

 rows of dorsal dots whitish and not strongly marked ; underside grey, palpus l)rown 

 at side. 



Wings, nbore. Forewing : grey, some antemcdiau lines undulating, curving 



costad, two distal lines, the external one more distinct, S-sliaped, a postdiscal, 

 more or less zigzag, line, more distinct in front, some submarginal angle-shaped 

 spots, ])ointing distad, more or less jointed to the iwst-discal line, and a distinct 

 lunule St!'' — R', all brownish black ; stigma white, edged with black ; fringe brown, 



with heavy whitish grey sjiots. Hindwing : pale greyish brown, darker distally, 



fringe as on forewing. 



Underside brownish grey, both wings with traces of two discal lines. 



Length of forewing : d, 20 mm. 



Ilab. South-East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S from Umtali, JIashonaland ((i. A. K. Marshall), 

 received from the British Museum, where there are several si)eeimens from the same 

 place, as well as 2 c?(? from N'Gami (F. D. Lugard). 



2'.». Praedora plagiata spec. nov. (PI. XIL. f. ;», ? ). 



?. Pilifer without scales, only with bristles. Forctibia shorter than first 

 dorsal segment, with two apical spines, one dorsal, long, curved, the other e.\terno- 

 lateral, shorter, besides a few short spines concealed under the rather rough scaling 

 (midtarsus and hindleg not preserved). Antenna short, slender (tip broken). 

 S( '- and R' of hindwing from a point, not stalked ; head tufted ; occiput and upper- 

 side of thorax blackish brown, edge of pronotum and middle of mesonotum greyish 

 white ; abdominal tergites wood-brown, paler at the edges, with vestiges of three 

 rows of brown spots or interrupted bands, one row dorsal, the other lateral ; under- 

 side clayish grey, without black patches. 



\V'ings in tint similar to tlie body. Uitperside. Forewing : grey, with a faint 



l)inkish tone ; a large brownish black middle patch, narrowing behind, extending 

 from base of M' well upon disc, widest at costal margin, where it becomes paler in 

 middle, continued to inner margin by two discal lines ; antemedian and snbbasal 

 brown lines ill-defined, three in number, tiie second and third heavier marked at 

 tlie costal margin ; jjeyond the patch there is an indistinct discal line bordered with 

 buff distally, a still more indistinct, zigzag, postdiscal line, some geminate vein- 

 dots, indicating the submarginal line, and an obliquely longitudinal dash ending at 

 tiie tip of Sd', where it is preceded by a small black angle-shaped mark; fringe 



clieqnei-ed brown and white. Hindwing greyish brown, palest at base, without 



mai'kings ; fringe white with brown dots. 



Undertiide : cinnamon bistre brown, base a little paler, disc of both wings 

 crossed by three i-eri/ indistinct parallel lines. 



Vaginal plate (PI. XXI. f. 12) sinuate, the edge jiroduced into a broad rounded 

 lobe at each side ; snbcarinatc mesially, obli(piely wrinkled proximally, the wrinkles 

 occupying a triangular mesial space. 



Length of forewing : ?, 29 mm. 



Early stages unknown. 



Hab. Region of M'Pala, Tanganyika ((iuillcnie), 1 ? in coll. Charles Oberthiir, 



