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Commotria simplex, sp. n. 



Male. Ground-colour of palpi, head, thorax, abdomen and fore- 

 wing whitish, somewhat irrorated with ochraceous- salmon (xv) ; 

 palpi at side and in the middle and base of fore- wing along costa 

 suffused with fuscous; fore- wings more or less densely irrorated 

 with ochraceous-salmon, dcnseh^ along costa but leaving the veins, 

 the cell and plical fold practically free ; a series of fuscous spots : 

 two antemedial ones below lower median and indications of one 

 before it above lower median ; two medial spots below lower median, 

 upper one strongest, lower one on lb very faint; an indistinct spot 

 at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of similar sj^ots on the 

 veins, from near apex to lb and somewhat inwardly arranged at 

 vem 6 ; small terminal spots at end of veins ; cilia whitish, tinged 

 with ochraceous-salmon. Hind-wing pure white, with a darker 

 tinged edging along termen ; cilia white, with a faint grey subbasal 

 line. 



Female. Ground-colour light buff (xv) and more heavily suffused 

 and irrorated with ochraceous-salmon. 



Underside: — Wings and legs whitish; fore- wing heavily and 

 hind-wing slightly along costa and legs at front suffused and 

 irrorated with light drab (xlvi) ; cilia of both wings whitish. 



Exp. Male type 18 mm. ; female type 20 mm. ; co-types 

 18-22 mm. 



Hah. Male type, Salisbury, 27. xii. 1917 ; female type, 

 Salisbury, 30. xii. 1917 ; co-types from Salisbury, Dec. 

 1917, and Umvuma, Dec. 1917. 



The antennae of tbe males are laminate and ciliate, of 

 females simple. In all 5 males and 2 females. 



Commotria albistria, sp. n. 

 Male and female. Head, thorax, abdomen and veins of fore- wing 

 pure white ; palpi with the second joint on innerside and the whole 

 third joint fuscous ; vertex at sides and patagia tinged with tilleul- 

 buff (xl); most veins edged on both sides by a black irroration; 

 costal, terminal and inner marginal area tinged with light vmaceous- 

 fawn (xl) ; space in cell and between vein lb filled uj) with cream- 

 buff (xxx); a white line below 16 from base to inner margin at 

 middle ; mner margin with a v/hite edging which is broad at base ; 

 a blackish irroration on lb at one-third and a series of black post- 

 medial irroration on vein 16 to vein 5 ; some black irroration between 

 veins 8, 9; a similar irroration between all veins at termen; cilia 

 tilleul-buff with blackish subbasal tufts between the veins, leaving 



