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blackish, a Idolcli of blackish irroration on shoulder. iVbdoinen 

 dark grey. Porewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 tormen rouudid, rather strongly oblique; wliitish-oelircous, veins 

 suffused deeper ochreous and speckled dark grey ; markings grey 

 siitfiisedly irrorated black, occupying almost entire "wing, viz., a 

 basal patch, broad anteincdian and postmedian fascioe (leaving very 

 slender interspaees), and almost entirely filling whole posterior 

 area between veins, which form slender streaks : cilia dull ochreous 

 speckled blackish. Hindwings rather dnrk grey; cilia grev. 

 Ceylon, llambukkhaua, June {Alston); one specimen. 



Hapsifera ignoMlis, n. sp. 



c? 2 • 20-25 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sometimes tinged 

 grey on sides of crown. Ptilpi ochreous-whilish sprinkled dark 

 fuscous, tuft long. Thorax whitish-fuscous mixed dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, apex pale oclireous, Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; whitish-fuscous 

 irrorated fuscous and dark fuscous, forming an indistinct strigula- 

 tion ; stigmata cloudy, indistinct dark fuscous, with adjacent raised 

 scales, plical somewhat obliquely beyond first discal, second discal 

 with an adjacent obscure whitish-ochreous tuft beneath, an obscure 

 rather oblique shade of dark irroration running from beyond 

 middle of costa to beyond second discal; indistinct} small marginal 

 s^jots of dai'k fuscous irroration round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia whitish-fuscous sprinkled dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



British East Africa, Nairobi, April (Dr. W. A. Lamhorn) ; 

 eight specimens. Type in British Museum. 



STRYPHNODES, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli posterior ; tongue obsolete. Antennae |, 

 in c? simple, basal joint moderate. Labial palpi long, obliquely 

 ascending, second joint much thickened with dense scales shortly 

 tufted beneath towards apex, terminal joint much shorter, stout, 

 scaled, obtuse. Maxillary palpi short, scaled, porrected, distinct. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. Eorewings with small scattered 

 tufts of raised scales ; 1 6 furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from towards base. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia I ; 2-7 tolerably parallel. 



Allied to Ha_psifera, but distinguished by developed maxillary 

 palpi. 



Stryplinodes styracopa, n. sp. 



cJ . 18-19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, oblique ; pale ochreous, suffusedly mixed deeper 

 yollow-ochreous ; costa more or less suffused dark fuscous towards 

 base; cloudy dark fuscous spots on costa at r|, middle, and |; a 

 larger dark fuscous spot surmounted by yellow-ochrcous on dorsum 



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