T1XEIDJ5. 293 



Forewings with 2 from angle, 7 to apex, 11 from before middle. 

 Hiiidwings nearly 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^ ; 2-7 nearly parallel. 



Zelomora rhacota, n. sp. 



$ . 10-13 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax whitish more or less suffused with ochreous, 

 anterior margin suffused with fuscous. Abdomen gre}^ with large 

 dense tuft suri-ounding long ovipositor. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, oblique ; silvery-white, irregularly marbled 

 and blotched with brownish-ochreous, with some scattered black 

 scales, these markings constituting especially a basal patch, broad 

 median fascia, and terminal fascia, basal patch marked with 

 blackish towards costa, upper half of median fascia more or less 

 suffused with dark fuscous or blackish : cilia whitish mixed with 

 brownish-ochreous, with some blackish points. Hindwings and 

 cilia light grey. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in April {Neave) ; two specimens. 

 Type in British Museum. 



PARACLYSTIS, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli small ; tongue absent. Antennae |, 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, porreotci, 

 second joint clothed with long roiigh projecting hair-scales above 

 and beneath, terminal joint J- of second, slender, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi rather short, filiform, porrected. Posterior tibiae loosely 

 haired above. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 3 from angle, 

 7 to costa, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 absent, 11 from before middle. 

 Hindwings under 1, elongate-ovate, cilia nearly 1 ; 2-7 separate, 

 5 and 6 rather approximated at base. 



Paraclystis melipecta, n. sp. 



5 . 18 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous 

 mixed with blackish. Thorax yellow-ochreous, patagia sutfusedly 

 irrorated with blackish. Abdomeii dark grey, segmental margins 

 finely whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat 

 dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; yellow-ochreous ; markings grey irrorated with 

 black ; some irregular basal marking, and a spot along base of 

 dorsum; a blotch in disc towards base, connected Avith spots on 

 costa near base and dorsum at ^ ; a moderately broad very irregular 

 fascia from ^ of costa to dorsum before tornus, with a bar to 

 middle of dorsum; a moderately broad fascia from beyond middle 

 of costa to termen above tornus, its middle rather prominent anteri- 

 orly and with a broad posterior lobe reaching costa before apex ; 

 a slender streak round apex and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous. 



