272 KxoTic MiciiOLKriuorriiuA. 



before first discal ; a small group of blacldsh scales on ilorsnni 

 towards toriius : cilia whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hiud- 

 winj^s pale grey ; cilia oclireous-grey-whitish. 



YicxoEiA, GisLorne, in October {L)/eU) ; four specimens. 



PARODY A, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts spreading; ocelli present; 

 tongue developed. Antennas |, in d" serrulate, shortly and 

 unevenly ciliated, basal joint long, with pecten. Labial palpi 

 very long, recurved, second joint with dense scales roughly 

 expanded towards apex above and forming a long dense apical 

 tuft beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. 

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

 tibioD clothed with hairs above. Forcwings with 2 from |, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hiudwings |, elongate- 

 lanceolate, cilia 1^ ; 2-4 equidistant, parallel, 4 from angle, 5-7 

 nearly parallel. 



Probably allied to AUodita. 



Parodaea scaripheuta, u. sp. 



J 2 . 14 mm. Head and thorax ochreous whitish, shoulders 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second 

 joint except toAvards apex fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish sprinkled Avith grey. Foi'ewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-])ointed, termeu extremelv 

 obliquely rounded; ochreous-whitish, irregularly and suffusedly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous except on a moderate dorsal streak ; 

 the dark fuscous suffusion forms an ixndefined subcostal streak or 

 patch towards base ; stigmata rather large, cloudy, dark fuscous, 

 plical rather obliquely before first discal ; similar spots on edge of 

 dorsal streak midway between plical and base, on tornus, and a 

 series of undefined dots round posterior part of costa and termeu : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish sprinkled Avith dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 ochreous-whitish with a few grey scales posteriorly; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. 



Nyassaland, S.W. of Lake Chilwa, in January {Ni^ave); two 

 .•specimens. 



CITHAHODICA Turn. MS. ^ 



Head loosely haired, sidetufts raised ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae |, in cf with fascicles of long fine cilia, basal 

 joint fiattened, rather hollowed beneath and dilated with scales 

 anteriorly, with pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second 

 joint exceeding base of antennae, thickened with dense appressed 

 scales, terminal ji>int sliorter than second, moderately stout, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 



