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28. Praedora marshalli siiec. uov. (I'J. \. f. Id, 6 )■ 



cJ. Body above brownish grey, collar with an almost white thin transverse line, 

 sides of mesothoracic tegida brownish black ; abdomen with a series of small mesial 

 dots and a lateral longitndinal band which are brownish black, two widely separate 

 rows of dorsal dots whitish and not strongly marked ; nnderside grey, palpns brown 

 at side. 



Wings, adore. Forewing : grey, some autemedian lines undnlating, curving 



costad, two distal lines, the external one more distinct, S-shajJcd, a postdiscal, 

 more or less zigzag, line, more distinct in front, some submarginal angle-shaped 

 spots, pointing distad, more or less jointed to the post-discal line, and a distinct 

 lunule SC' — R', all brownish black ; stigma white, edged with black ; fringe brown, 



with heavy whitish grey sjiots. Hindwing: pale greyish brown, darker distally, 



fringe as on forewing. 



Underside brownish grey, both wings with traces of two discal lines. 



Length of forewing : S, 20 mm. 



Hah. >South-East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S from Umtali, Mashonaiand ((i. A. K. Marshall), 

 received from the British Mnseum, where there are several specimens from the same 

 place, as well as 2 S 6 from N'Gami (F. D. Lugard). 



2'.t. Praedora plagiata si)ec. nov. (PI. XII. f. u, ?). 



?. Filifer without scales, only with bristles. Foretibia shorter than first 

 dorsal segment, with two apical spines, one dorsal, long, curved, the other externo- 

 lateral, shorter, besides a few short spines concealed under the rather rough scaling 

 (midtarsus and hindleg not preserved). Antenna short, slender (tip broken). 

 iSC- and U' of hindwing from a ])oint, not stalked ; head tnfted ; occiput and upper- 

 side of thorax blackish brown, edge of pronotum and middle of mesonotum greyish 

 white ; abdominal tergites wood-brown, paler at tlie edges, with vestiges of three 

 rows of brown spots or interrupted bands, one row dorsal, the other lateral ; under- 

 side clayisii grey, without black patches. 



Wings in tint similar to the liody. Uppermle. Forewing : grey, with a faint 



jiinkish tone ; a large brownish black middle patch, narrowing behind, extending 

 from base of M' well upon disc, widest at costal margin, where it becomes paler in 

 middle, continued to inner margin by two discal lines ; antemedian and subbasal 

 brown lines ill-defined, three in number, the second and third heavier marked at 

 the costal margin ; beyond the patch there is an indistinct discal line bordered with 

 buff distally, a still more indistinct, zigzag, postdiscal line, some geminate vein- 

 dots, imlicating the submarginal line, and an obli(piely longitudinal dash ending at 

 the tiji of S( '■', where it is precedeil by a small black angle-shaped mark; fringe 



clieipKMed iirown and while. Hindwing greyish brown, palest at base, without 



markings ; fringe while with brown dots. 



I'ltderxide : cinnamon bistre brown, base a little ])aler, disc of both wings 

 crossed by three r.er(j indistinct jiarallel lines. 



Vaginal jilate (I'l. XXI. f. 12) sinuate, the edge produced into a broad rounded 

 lobe at each side ; subcarinate mesially, obliquely wrinkled proximally, the wrinkles 

 occupying u triangular mesial s]iace. 



Length of forewing : ?, 2'-t mm. 



Early stuges unknown. 



Hab. Region of M'Pala, Tanganyika (Guillem(5), 1 ? in coll. ("harlcs Oberthiir, 



