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width of shaft; a scale tuft on upperside above basal joint and 

 about six joints in length; in female antennae simple. Palpi of 

 male rostriform and porrect, about two times length of head ; in 

 female droopmg. 



Exp. Male type 20 mm. ; female type 24 mm. ; male co-types 

 18-5 mm. to 24 mm. ; female co-type 23 mm. 



Hah. Male type, Umkomaas, 2. i. 1914 ; female type, 

 28.1.1914; co-types from Umkomaas, 10-31.1.1914, 

 Maritzburg, 1. 11. 1916, Sawmills, 1-4. 11. 1918; lu all eight 

 specimens. 



Statina albivcnella, sp. n. 



Male and female. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and legs, 

 abdomen and fore-wing pale yellow-orange (iii) ; palpi, tuft of hair 

 on frons, legs on outerside and abdomen on underside irrorated 

 with fuscous; fore- wing with vein 12, upper median and vein 11, 

 lower median and vein \h white; the latter two with fuscous 

 irroration; costa well irrorated with fuscous; all maculae consist 

 of fuscous irroration, often ill- defined ; the first macula is on vein 16, 

 followed by an antemedial series of three maculae, one on lower 

 median and ill defined, second on 16, third at inner margin ; a 

 well-defined rounded macula at end of cell; a postmedial oblique 

 and straight series of maculae, first on vein 6 and rather narrow, 

 second between veins 4, 5, third on v-ein 3 and fourth on 16 to 

 inner margin; a white line on upper median and vein 11, edged 

 on inner side by a fuscous irroration which is continued to apex, 

 where it joins a terminal fuscous irroration which is broad near 

 apex and narrowmg to 16 ; cilia whitish at base, then pale ochraceous- 

 buff (xv) and with a transverse fuscous Ime at one-third. Hind- 

 wing whitish; some terminal fawn-coloured (xl) suffusion; cilia 

 light-buff (xv) with a faint transverse line at one-third. 



Underside whitish; fore- wing heavily and hind- wing slightly 

 suffused with avellaneous (xl) ; cilia of fore-wmg avellaneous and 

 with a dark transverse line at one-third ; hind- wing cilia as above, 

 but transverse line more distinct. 



Exp. Male type IG mm. ; female type 18 mm. ; co-types from 

 16-17 mm. 



Hah. Male and female types from Barberton, 19- 

 20. xil. 1910 ; co-types from Barberton, 15. xll. 1909 to 

 5.1.1910; one male co-type from Nelsprult, Nov. 1917, 

 collected by Dr. Breyer, and In the Transvaal Museum. 

 In all seven specimens, of which only one Is a female. 



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