aLYPHIPTERYGID^. 283 



GLYPHIPTERYGID^. 



Pliy codes xanthoprocta, n. sp. 



cJ ? . I0-I4 mm. Head blackish on crown, forehead shining 

 leaden-metallic, face and palpi white, collar and thorax darkviolet- 

 t'uscous finely irrorated with whitish. Abdomen blackish, segments 

 2 and 5 with narrow white bands on posterior margin, apex 

 ochreous-orange. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa rather 

 sinuate, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 

 dark violet-fuscous finely irrorated with whitish ; rather 

 broad dark purple-grey suffused fascia3 before and beyond middle 

 and along termen, second slightly curved ; costal edge whitish- 

 ochreous before first fascia and between second and third : cilia 

 dark purple-bronze. Hindwings dark purple- fuscous ; a broad 

 irregular-edged white antemedian fascia, sometimes extended almost 

 to base ; cilia grey with dark fuscous basal line, towards tips 

 whitish. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlauje, in February {Neave) ; two specimens. 

 Type in British Museum. 



^Imma steganota, n. sp. 



S. 14 mm. Head and palpi whifcish-ochreous, face depressed, 

 second joint of palpi much thickened with apprcssed scales, rather 

 rough and projecting at apex, concealing the minute pointed 

 terminal joint, curved inwards towards apex, with a fuscous external 

 lateral streak. Antennal ciliations very short. Thorax fuscous. 

 Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Posterior legs without tufts. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa straight, slightly arched 

 towards apex, apex rounded, term'^n rounded, little oblique ; 7 and 

 8 stalked, 8 to apex ; rather dark fuscous, tinged with brownish, 

 aud strewn with light fuscous scales tending to form an obscure 

 strigulation ; second discal stigma cloudy, dark fuscous : cilia 

 greyish, with dark fuscous basal shade. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey, with dai'k fuscous subbasal shade. 



Ntassalakd, Mt. Mlanje, in April {Neave) ; one specimen. Type 

 in British Museum. 



Simaethis ludifica, n. sp. 



c? 2 • 9-10 JUDQ. Head bronzy mixed with white and yellowish. 

 Palpi whitish ringed with dark fuscous. Antennte Avhite ringed 

 with black. Thorax ochreous-yellow, with five white lines sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat bowed, little oblique ; 

 dark fuscous mixed with blackish ; basal area orange-fulvous, with 

 a subbasal line of white and dark fuscous irroration ; an irregular 

 transverse line of whitish irroration at h forming a Avhite dot on 



