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Fam. NoTODONTiD^. 



RiGEMA AURIFODIN^, Sp. D. 



Head andpronotumgolden-yeliow; abdomen brownish-ocbraceous, 

 the base and apex greyisbly pilose, and with a lateral marginal black 

 fascia on each side ; sternum and legs ochraceous, with yellow pilosity ; 

 tarsi spotted with blaclc ; autennre pale ochraceous. Anterior wings 

 stramineous, with a broad central longitudinal fascia, a shorter and 

 narrower fascia from end of cell, and a very short subapical marginal 

 streak, pale brownish-ocbraceous with blackish speckles ; posterior 

 wings greyish-white ; anterior wings beneath much paler than above. 

 Exp. wings 37-40 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal; Johannesburg (J. Hyde). Pretoria (Pret. 

 Mus.). 



Cerura swierstr^, sp, n. 



Head, pronotum, and body beneath hoary-white ; a transverse 

 ochraceous fascia preceded by a black suffusion between lateral pro- 

 notal angles ; a spot at base of head, a transverse basal fascia to 

 pronotum, abdomen above, head beneath, tibial spots, and the tarsi 

 black ; base and apex of abdomen above hoary-white ; antennae with 

 the pectination fuscous. Wings hoary-white ; anterior wings with 

 costal and outer marginal spots and a speckled suffusion on outer 

 basal area, black ; posterior wings with a central subcostal spot and 

 minute outer marginal spots as on anterior wings, black. Exp. wings 

 32 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal; Pretoria (Swierstra — Pret. Mus. and Coll. 

 Dist.). 



Fam. CossiD^. 

 DuoMiTus squameus, sp. n. 



Body above and beneath, with legs, greyish-brown ; pronotum 

 thickly irrorated with pale greyish scales; head and anterior margin 

 of pronotum dark purplish ; pectination of the antennas dull ochrace- 

 ous. Anterior wings brownish, thickly irrorated with grey scales ; a 

 purplish-brown patch occupying costal area for about one-third from 

 base, where it is also about one-third of breadth of wing, a similarly 

 coloured costal spot nearly above apex of cell ; posterior wings greyish- 

 brown ; wings beneath somewhat uniformly greyish-brown. Exp. 

 wings 58 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal ; Pretoria. 



AZYGOPHLEPS leopardina, sp. n. 

 Head and pronotum pale yellowish-white; pronotum with a trans- 

 verse fascia on anterior collar, two transverse series of four spots in 

 each across disk, and four spots on posterior area — two laterally on 

 each side — black ; antennae greyish-white, speckled with black, their 

 bases broadly black ; body and legs pale greyish-brown, tibi» and tarsi 

 more or less annulated with black. Anterior wings cretaceous-white, 

 somewhat thickly and irregularly black spotted, on apical third the 

 spots transversely crossing wing, before this, or on basal two-thirds, 



