270 EXOTIC JIlCaOLEPIDOrTKKA. 



towards angle, parallel to 3, 7 and 8 short-stalked, 7 to aj^ex, 11 

 IVom somewhat before middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia I ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 somewhat approximated 

 towards base. 



Aeolernis theatrica, n, sp. 



5 . 16 ram. Head light ochreoiis tinged with fuscous on 

 crown. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint tinged with yellow 

 and sprinkled with fuscous, terminal joint with yellowisli-ruscous 

 median ring and dark fuscous subapical ring. Thoiax dark 

 indigo-blue with ochreous -brownish transverse marks near anterior 

 and posterior margins. Abdomen grey. Forewiuga elongate, 

 costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; deep indigo-blue, with purple re- 

 flections in disc ; markings fulvous-ochreous edged with blackish 

 suffusion ; four irregular transverse lines, tirst at 1, not reaching 

 costa, second at ^, third curved, from middle of costa to f of 

 dorsum, fourth from g of costa to tornus, running in uneven curve 

 riear costa and termen ; a large ring in disc before middle, and a 

 short transverse mark in disc at i : cilia deep purple-indixo-blue. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in March (JVeave); one specimen. Type 

 in British Museum. 



PLASMATIC A, n. g. - 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antenna3 |, in S moderately ciliated, basal joint moderately 

 elongate, wilh pecteu. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint' 

 not reaching base of antenna?, thickened with appressed scales, 

 rough towards apes anteriorly, terminal joint as long as second, 

 scaled, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, fiUform, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibiaj clothed with long hairs. Forewings 

 with 1 b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings |, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 4; 

 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



I refer this genus with confidence to the CEcojihoridce, in spite 

 of the abnormal structure of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings, which 

 would technically place it in the Odechiadce ; from this latter 

 family it is, however, removed by the form of the hindwings and 

 the antennal pecten ; it is naturally related to Boykhauseaut, of 

 which it may be regarded as a development, in which the stalking 

 of veins 6 and 7 can be attributed to the iinusual narrowing of the 

 hindwings. 



Plasmatica sternitis, n. sp. 



(S . 9-10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sidetufts tinged with 

 brownish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint suffused 

 with dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint with two dark 



