164 Prof. C. Auriv@ffius’s Descriptions of New Genera and 
Phiala similis, n. sp. 
Frons below and at the sides, palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen ochre- 
yellow. Tarsi slightly spotted with fuscous ; vertex of head and 
collar pale yellow ; upperside of thorax and wings white ; wings 
Phiala similis 9 4. 
above beyond middle with a common series of more or less con- 
nected black spots on the veins, but otherwise nearly destitute of 
black scales ; underside of both wings yellowish-white with the 
series of the upperside faintly indicated. 
Expanse 47 mm. 
E. TRANSVAAL: White River (A. 7. Cooke). 19. Also 
1 ¢ from the same locality in Mus. Holmiae. 
The species is very nearly allied to Ph. costipuncta, 
H. Sch., and differs almost solely in the series of spots 
of hindwing beginning exactly opposite the series of the 
forewing, and not much more distally as in costipuneta. 
Phasicnecus plagiatus, n. sp. 
Nearly allied to Ph. Preussi, Auriv., and perhaps only a variety of 
that species, differing only as follows :—Upperside: the blackish 
Phasicnecus plagiatus 4. 
discal lines of forewing nearer together and the area between the 
lines, except at hindmargin in la and 1b and at costa, entirely filled 
in with fuscous, the basal half of forewing also more or less infus- 
