148 Sir GL F. Hampson on new 



(22 d) Prostnixis plumbealis, sp. n. 



<$ . Head rufous, the antenna} dark brown, the palpi red-brown ; 

 thorax glossy red-brown ; abdomen whitish suffused with red- 

 brown ; pectus and legs rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused with 

 reddish brown with a silvery leaden gloss and irrorated with black 

 scales ; an indistinct diffused oblique white antemedial line ; a 

 narrow white waved medial band defined on outer side by rufous 

 followed by some blackish, a small black spot on its inner side at 

 middle of cell and a small discoidal spot on its outer edge; a narrow 

 white subterminal band with slightly waved edges, defined on inner 

 side by rufous with some black scales before it except towards 

 inner margin, slight marks formed by black scales on its outer 

 edge at costa and below vein 6 with a rufous subapical patch be- 

 tween them, the band slightly incurved below costa and excurved 

 below vein 6 ; the termen white with some black points towards 

 apex and points below veins 4 and 2. Hind wing white tinged 

 with brown and with indistinct narrow white band before termen. 

 Underside white tinged with brown, the apical area of fore wing 

 whiter. 



Sab. Mashonaland (Dobbie), 1 J type. Exp. 20 mm. 



(22 e) Prosmixis alb iniacul alls, sp. n. 



2 • Head and thorax rufous mixed with some white ; abdomen 

 white suffused with rufous except at base of dorsum ; antenna? 

 blackish ringed with white ; palpi brownish tinged with fuscous ; 

 pectus and legs white tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish 

 suffused with pale red-brown and sparsely irrorated with dark 

 brown ; a diffused white fascia in basal part of submedian fold ; 

 rather ill-defined spots in middle of cell and beyond its extremity 

 with a rufous patch between them and short black streak beyond 

 them ; ill-defined white spots in submedian interspace below middle 

 and end of cell with a rufous patch between them ; postmedial line 

 white, excurved beyond the cell, then sinuous ; a terminal series of 

 black points ; cilia silvery white with a brown line near base and 

 the tips tinged with brown. Hind wing white slightly tinged with 

 brown, the cilia pure white. Underside of fore wing and costal 

 area of hind wing tinged with red-brown. 



Hab. Transvaal, Enkeld (Janse), 1 $ type. Exp. 24 mm. 



(23 d) Prosmixis jlavipars, sp. n. 



6 • Head and thorax black-brown, the outer part of patagia 

 red-brown ; abdomen whitish mixed with brown ; antennae black ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white mixed with red- 

 brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with some blackish, the costal 

 area, the cell and area below it to just above vein 1 ochreous } r ellow 

 with some rufous irroration at costa ; a series of slight black marks 

 in the interspaces just before termen ; cilia dark brown mixed with 



