572 Colonel C. Swinhoe on the Gcometridse of 



Tephroclystia mendosaria, nov. 



^ . Wings long and narrow ; fore-wings with the outer margin nearly 

 two-thirds the length of the costa ; apex rounded ; colour pinkish- 

 grey, irrorated with minute brown atoms ; palpi, antennae, head, 

 body, and fore-wings dark pinkish-grey ; costal line with some 

 minute brown marks ; a brown dot at the end of the cell ; a brown 

 marginal line divided by the veins ; cilia pale grey with two brown 

 interlines ; hind-wings pale grey, the commencement of some brown 

 bands at the abdominal margin ; nmrginal line and cilia as in fore- 

 wings ; under-side pale grey, fore-wings with the cell dot and with 

 indications of a discal thin band ; hind-wings crossed by seven or 

 eight indistinct grey bands ; legs with brown stripes above. 



Expanse of wings tV inch. 



2 ^, Machakos {Crawsliay). 



Tephroclystia picturata. 



Tephroclystia pichirata, Warr., Nov. Zool., ix, p. 511 (1902). 



1 $ , mile 478, Uganda Railway. 



The type, a female from the Escarpment, is in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Tephroclystia vermiculata. 



Tephroclystia vermiculata, Warr., Nov. Zool., viii, p. 12 

 (1901). 



1 $, Kabauni, Brit. E. Africa. 1 $, Machakos. 

 The type, a female from Nakabimba, Torn, is in coll. 

 Rothschild. 



Tephroclystia perculsaria, nov. 



9 . Palpi, antennae, and frons dark brown, head, body, and fore- 

 wings dark pinkish-brown, covered with minute brown irrorations ; 

 some brown minute marks in the interior of the wing, especially 

 on the basal half of the median vein ; very indistinct indications of 

 numerous transverse grey bands on the outer third ; a brown dot at 

 the end of the cell ; marginal line brown ; cilia of both wings brown, 

 interlined with pinkish-white ; hind-wings pale grey, the irrorations 

 thickest at the outer and abdominal margins, making them a little 

 darker than the rest of the wing ; under-side grey, without any 

 definable markings. 



Expanse of wings x'V inch. 



1 $, East Quaso, Masai (Betton) (type). 2 $, Kikuyu 

 (Crawshay). 



