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fiiscous rings. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen fuscous, sides, segmental margins, and anal tuft ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-whitish, some- 

 what sprinkled irregularly with brownish ; a dark fuscous basal 

 fascia, sometimes edged with brownish posteriorly towards costa ; 

 first discal stigma blackish ; a slightly oblique brownish fascia 

 beyond middle, mixed with dark fuscous or blackish on costa and 

 dorsum ; an irregular brown apical patch, variably mixed with 

 blackish: cilia ochreous-whitish, sometimes suffused with brownish, 

 variably sprinkled with black. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitisli tinged with grey. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in February and March (A^eave) ; ten 

 specimens. Type in British Museum. 



SYNDROMA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |, in c? shortly ciliated, basal joint rather long, thickened 

 with scales above, with pecten, stalk with an oblique projecting 

 tooth above at base. Labial palpi rather long, recurved, second 

 joint not reaching base of antennae, somewhat thickened with 

 appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, scaled, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 

 tibiai clothed with rough scales above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 

 2-5 connate from angle, very short, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 

 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1^ ; 

 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, G and 7 parallel. 



Allied to Endi-osis. 



Syndroma lignyodes, n. sp. 



cJ . 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax lilac-grey, thorax darker 

 anteriorly. Antennal ciliations -|. Abdomen grey, with seg- 

 mental ferruginous bauds. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 lilac-grey, darker towards base of costa : cilia pale greyish. 

 Hindwings and cilia ])ale bronzy-grey. 



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

 Type in British Museum. 



Eulechria fragilis, n. sp. 



(^ . 14-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish, shoulders sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1. Palpi pale grey 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second 

 white. Abdomen pale grey, apex grej'-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; grey-whitish, more or less sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous ; stigmata minute or very small, black, ])lical obliquely 



