Species of Pyialidii}. 15 



GuiAXA, Rockstonc {Rodwaij), 1 ,^ , 1 ? ; Brazil, Amazons, 

 Para, 1 ? . Exp. 22-24. mm. 



(86 c) Sylepta polycymalis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow; palpi with black 

 spot at end of second joint ; f'rons with black spot above ; 

 te.2:nl?e with two brown spots, patagia with three spots ; fore 

 and mid femora at extremity and fore tibire at extremity with 

 black bands ; abdomen with dorsal brown bands. Fore \\'\\\<^ 

 pale yellow ; two black points on base of costal area followecl 

 by a cnrved line, then a series of black points; an obliqne 

 slightly waved antemedial line, followed by a brown annulus 

 from costa to median nervure and another below the cell ; a 

 brown bar from costa to lower angle of cell ; a Avaved post- 

 medial line bent outwards between veins 6 and 2, then retracted 

 to below angle of cell and oblique to inner margin and with 

 a waved line across its sinus between veins 6 and 2, and an 

 oblique bar from it at vein 2 to tornus ; a waved subterminal 

 line from costa to vein 5 connected with termen by a brown 

 patch between veins 6 and 5, some subterminal points on 

 inner half; a strong blackish terminal line; cilia with a 

 blackish line through them. Hind wing pale yellow ; a 

 rather diffused sinuous subbasal line from subcostal nervure 

 to inner margin ; an oblique discoidal bar and oblique line 

 from lower angle of cell to tornus ; a waved postmedial line 

 bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then oblique to above 

 tornus, with an irregularly waved line on its inner side from 

 costa to vein 2 ; a waved subterminal line from costa to 

 vein 2; a strong blackish terminal line expanding into a 

 slight patch at apex ; a brown line through the cilia. 



Hub. Br. E. Africa, Machakos {Cruivshay), 1 ^ type; 

 Uganda, Gondokora {Rey nes- Coles) , 1 $ ; Br. C. Africa, 

 Zomba (Johnston), 1 ? ; Gazaland, Chirinda Forest [Mar- 

 shall), 1 S ', Natal, Victoria district (Gooch), 1 $, Durban 

 [Leigh), 1 cJ . Ectp. 26 mm. 



(88 c) Sylepta strigicincta, sp. n. 



?. Head and thorax orange-yellow; palpi red-brown 

 towards tips ; fore and mid legs suffused with red-brown; 

 abdomen clothed with white scales, the base brown, the 

 extremity fulvous yellow. Fore wing orange-yellow ; sli"ht 

 subbasal brownish spots in cell and above inner margin ; the 

 costa brownisJi to the excurved dark antemedial line, Avhich 

 is incurved and obsolescent at vein 1 ; a black discoidal 

 lunule ; postmedial line formed of small fuscous spots in the 



