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up into two spurs by vein 6; costal white fascia irrorated with 

 Iflack, except near upper median and vein 9, where it remains pure 

 white; a black irroration on lower median and vein 16 and below 

 that at basal half, a dense irroration at terminal area; a blackish 

 diffused spot on upper and lower angle ; cilia drab (xlvi), with three 

 narrow transverse white lines across, caused by white tijjping of 

 the scales. Hind-wmg whitish with the apical and terminal area 

 suffused with drab ; cilia whitish with a subbasal drab line. 



Underside : — Wings, abdomen and legs whitish ; legs and abdo- 

 men densely irrorated with black; fore-legs on outer side suffused 

 with quaker drab (li) ; abdomen left white at the end of each seg- 

 ment. Fore-wing deejjly suffused with quaker drab including the 

 cilia; hind-wing irrorated with quaker drab and fuscous, cilia 

 only suffused with quaker drab at apical area. 



Exp. Type 17 mm. ; co-types 16-20 mm. 



Hah. All specimens from Sawmills (S, Rhodesia), 

 1-5. ii. 1918; seventeen specimens in all. 



Polyocha anomalella, sp. n. 



Male, female. Head, palpi, thorax and fore-wing light vinaceous- 

 cinnamon (xxix) ; fore- wing slightly sprinkled with fuscous ; the 

 veins and three fascia in cell, of which the middle one is continued 

 beyond the cell to termen, whitish ; cilia of ground-colour. Hind- 

 wing cartridge-buff tinged with pinkish-buff towards termen and 

 cUia with a basal line of that colour; a slight fuscous irroration 

 at apical and terminal regions. 



Underside : — Both wings whitish, densely irrorated with fuscous ; 

 legs light vinaceous, irrorated with fuscous. 



Exp. Male types 31 mm. ; female type 36 mm. ; co-types 31- 

 35 mm. 



Hah. Male and female type from New Hanover (Harden- 

 berg), 15tli Jan. and Feb. 1915; co-types from Karldoof, 

 13.1.1917; Shafton House (Symons), 19. iii. 1917; New 

 Hanover, 9. iii. 1914; Barberton, 19. xii. 1910 (Janse); 

 six specimens in all. 



It was suggested at the British Museum that this species 

 should be placed in the genus Emmalocera, but the fore- 

 wing has as a rule veins 4, 5 stalked and not apart from 4 

 as is the case in that genus. The specimens examined at 

 the Britivsh Museum have these veins from a point and ap- 

 proximated to each other for a long distance, but the other 

 specimens have them clearly stalked, often for nearly half 



