by a. jefferis turner, m.d., f.e.s. 145 



Gen. GLYCYTHYMA. 



This genus (Tr. R.S.S.A., 1908, p. 91) must be 

 dropped. The type, chrysorycta, Meyr., has the g antennae 

 iormed just as in rhosonalis the type of Nacoleia. The 

 other species, Ihymedes, is a synonym of leonina, Butl. 



Nacoleia syngenica, 71. sp. 



o"i;i/ye)'tf(OS, akin. 



9 23 mm. Head and antennae brown- whitish. Palpi 

 fuscous ; under-surface white except towards apex. 

 Thora^x pale- brown. Abdomen pale- brown, with dark- 

 fuscous lateral lines ; apices of segments and underside 

 white. Legs whitish ; tarsi brown- whitish ; anterior 

 tibiae fuscous except at apex ; middle femora with a fuscous 

 blotch on inner side beyond middle. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa straight for f , then arched, apex tolerably 

 acute, termen slightly bowed, oblique ; pale- brown ; a 

 squarish white spot in disc before middle, slightly biconcave ; 

 lines blackish ; first from J costa to J dorsum, slightly curved 

 -outwards ; second finely dentate, from | costa towards 

 tornus, before reaching it bent inwards to beneath end of 

 ■cell, then bent again and ending on f dorsum ; an interrupted 

 terminal line ; cilia fuscous, bases barred with whitish, 

 above tornus wholly whitish. Hindwings fuscous, towards 

 base whitish ; lines dark-fuscous ; first from J costa to f 

 dorsum, outwardly curved ; second dentate, from | costa, 

 bent rather outwards in disc, obselete towards dorsum ; 

 ■ cilia as forewings but more whitish towards tornus. 



Best distinguished from rhoeonalis by the single whitish 

 spot on forewing. 



N.Q. Atherton, in June ; one specimen. 

 Nacoleia melanauges. n. sp. 



/j.€Xavavyf]<;, dark. 



9 20 mm. Head ochreous- whitish mixed with fuscous : 

 face fuscous. Palpi fuscous; base beneath whitish. 

 Antennae fuscous, towards base whitish. Thorax and 

 abdomen dark-fuscous. Legs ochreous- whitish. F'ore- 

 wings elongate- triangular, costa with basal | slightly 

 'Concave, strongly arched before apex, apex rounded, termen 

 Lfather strongly bowed, oblique: dark-fuscous; lines but 



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