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  African 
  Ueterocera. 
  549 
  

  

  Dasyclura 
  obsoletissima, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  sooty 
  brown 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  paler 
  brown. 
  

   Primaries 
  dark 
  sooty 
  brown, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  obscure, 
  

   oblique, 
  dark 
  grey 
  spotted 
  line 
  in 
  the 
  postmedian 
  area. 
  

   Secondaries 
  darkish 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  29 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  N'Dalla 
  Tando 
  (N. 
  Angola), 
  2700 
  feet; 
  October. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  D. 
  caruleifascia, 
  Holl. 
  

  

  Dasyclura 
  inconspicua, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  brown 
  

   with 
  a 
  slight 
  greyish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  obseure 
  dentate 
  subterminal 
  

   line, 
  receding 
  somewhat 
  as 
  it 
  approaches 
  the 
  tornus, 
  is 
  the 
  

   only 
  mark. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  dirty 
  brown. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Gunnal, 
  W. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Dasyclura 
  perdita, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  c?. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  brown. 
  Primaries 
  

   uniform 
  dirty 
  brown, 
  of 
  a 
  rough 
  texture, 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  

   marks 
  at 
  all, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  veins 
  showing 
  darkly 
  through 
  in 
  

   the 
  radial 
  area. 
  Secondaries 
  pale 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  veins 
  

   showing 
  darkly 
  through. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Gunnal, 
  W. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Dasyclura 
  exoleta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  mauve-brown. 
  Primaries 
  

   chocolate-brown, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  blackish-brown 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  the 
  fold 
  ending 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  termen 
  -this 
  

   stripe 
  is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  pale 
  antemedian 
  line 
  and 
  again 
  

   by 
  a 
  grey 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  area 
  ; 
  across 
  the 
  median 
  area 
  

   is 
  a 
  large, 
  greyish, 
  very 
  irregular 
  patch 
  occupying 
  the 
  poste- 
  

   rior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  below 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  suddenly 
  constricted 
  

   and 
  equally 
  suddenly 
  expands 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  • 
  the 
  

   postmedian 
  line 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  double 
  line'from 
  

   the 
  costa 
  to 
  vein 
  5 
  ; 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  velvety 
  subterminal 
  

   line 
  is 
  visible 
  which 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  irregular 
  and 
  interrupted 
  

   and 
  deeply 
  dentate, 
  from 
  which 
  extend 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  tine 
  

   dashes 
  into 
  the 
  termen. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  greyish 
  brown 
  

  

  Expanse 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Malange, 
  W. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  D. 
  gonophora, 
  Holl. 
  

  

  