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ly-defined ziczac transverse white streahs, — one before mid- 

 dle, including cellular spot, — the other beyond middle, 

 interrupted near costa, slightly radiating on median 

 nervules, and including discal spots. 



This species is readily distinguished from the known 

 South- African Pyrgi, hy the very small size of the white 

 spots of lupperside, and by the dark underside ground- 

 colou.r, with the two narroiv, distinct, transverse, white 

 strealis of the hind-wings. 



The only specimen that I have seen is the $ above 

 described. It was taken by Mr. Muskett, near Murray s- 

 burg, and kindly presented to me by that gentleman in 

 the year 1864. 



In the Collection of E,. Trimen. 



Genus Cyclopides, Hiibn. 

 1. Cyclopides Syrinx, (PI. V. fig. 8). 



Exp. 1 in. 1 lin. — 1 in. 2 lin. 



$ . Bushy grayish-hrown, irrorated with pale-yelloivish. 

 Fore-iving : a pale yellowish spot in discoidal cell, near 

 extremity ; a discal row of six or seven smaller spots of 

 the same colour, viz. three or four forming an oblique 

 transverse outward-inclining streak between end of cell 

 and apex, and three others (rather larger), of which the 

 lowest is indistinct, in an inward-inclining line between 

 1st median nervule and sub-median nervure ; a hind- 

 marginal row of six elongate, indistinct, yellowish marks, 

 some of which are occasionally obsolete. Hind-wing : 

 a clothing of yellowish-gray hairs from base over cell 

 and along inner margin ; the trace of a yellowish spot 

 in cell ; two spots on disk, between discoidal and 

 3rd median nervules ; a row of hind-marginal marks, 

 much as in fore-wing, but rather confused towards anal 

 angle. Cilia of the ground-colour, slightly mixed with 

 yellowish. Underside. — Hind-wing, and costa and apex 

 of fore-wing, thickly irrorated with yellow. Fore-wing : 

 only upper spots of discal row distinct, and these (as 

 well as cellular spots, and lower discal spots) sometimes 

 almost obsolete. Hind-wing : two longitiidinal stripes from 

 base to hind-margin, one creamy-if:hite, broad, traversing 

 discoidal cell, the other narrow, whitish, between median 

 and sub-median nervures ; no spots. 



This Cyclopides may be said to combine the characters 

 of C. Malgacha, Boisd., and C. Lepeletierii, Godt., differ- 

 ing from the former in having conspicuous pale stripes 

 on the underside of the hind-wings, and from the latter 



