696 Professor Christopher Aiirivillius on 



nearly straight or slightly incurved line ; hind-wing beyond middle 

 with a nearly straight, transverse series of 6-7 small black spots ; 

 nnder-side of both wings yellowish, apical area of fore-wing more or 

 less suffused with ochreous. 

 Expanse 35-41 mm, 



Mashonaland, Umtali (G. A. K. Marshall), 3 $,l%; 

 1 $ also received from Mr. Marshall is in Mus. Holmiffi ; 

 also 3 $ and 1 $ in the Brit. Museum, which are nearly 

 white above. 



This species is nearly allied to Ph. costiinincta , H. Sch. 

 The wings are however destitute of black scales above 

 except in the spots on the veins. Ph. dasypoda, Wal- 

 lengn,, which also has distinct dark spots on the veins, has 

 a different greyish ground-colour of the wings. 



3. Phiala fuscodorsata, n. sp. (Plate XXXIII, fig. 3.) 



Collar, head, pectus and legs pale ochre-yellow ; fore and mid-tibias 

 and tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen dull ochraceous ; thorax above 

 greyish-white with many blackish hairs along the middle ; wings 

 above greyish -white, fore-wing with an oblique, slightly outcurved 

 black line from the middle of the hind-margin to the costa near 

 apex, broader at the hind-margin, thickened at the veins and broken 

 into spots at apex ; there are also many black scales on the median 

 and siTbmedian veins between the base and the transverse line ; 

 hind- wing beyond middle with a slightly curved series of black 

 spots ; wings below pale yellowish without black markings ; cilia 

 white. 



Expanse 3-4 mm. 



Brit. E. Africa, Athi ya Mawe {E. S. Betton), Q $, Q^, 

 type. Nairobi Plains {R. Oraivshay), 1 ^. 



(The female has considerably more black irroration on the 

 fore-wing, especially on the veins ; in the hind-wing the 

 black spots almost form a line and there is some irroration 

 on termen. — G. F, H.) 



4. Phiala ahyssinica, n. sp. (Plate XXXIII, fig. 4.) 



Frons between the eyes, palpi, legs and hind part of pectus yellow ; 

 tarsi ringed witli black ; fore part of pectus densely clothed with dark 

 purplish-brown hairs ; sides of pectus white ; vertex and thorax above 

 whitish with some black liairs in the middle ; abdomen deep 

 ochraceous ; wings above greyish-white densely irrorated with 

 large black scales, except at costa of fore-wing and at base of hind- 

 wing ; the veins are also nearly destitute of black scales ; the black 



