( 571 ) 



almost as in mm-ijliititd, (ilive-brown, the tawny gronad-coloiir a[i2}cariiig on disc, ; 



no sliai-ply defined marginal band ; anal angle grey ; fringe almost jmre white. 



Forcwing hi'loir olive-brown from base to disc, distal margin also brown, disc 

 more or less tawn}" ; postdiscal dots cousfjicnons on both wings. 



Sexnal armatnre as in murina, bnt the tenth segment slenderer, the sternite 

 more acnminate and curved upwards at end, and the free process of the penis- 

 sheath acute, not dentate. 



JIah. Madagascar. 



Three 6 6 in the British Museum. 



Two 66 in coll. Charles Oberthiir from I'etsileo (Cowan), one of them here 

 figured. 



400, Temnora namaqua spec. nov. (PI. V^II. f. 2, 6). 



(??. Intermediate between murina and munjinata. Gronnd-colour of body 

 and forewing above nearly as in min-ina. Ujiperside of tibia not greyish white. 



Forewing, above, witli an oblique discal band from costal to outer margin, 



rather well defined jiroximally and concave, gradually fading away distally ; 

 distal margin bisiiiuate, convex in middle, apex produced, hinder angle more 



produced backwards than in murina. Hindwlng reddish ferruginous, purer in 



colour than in murina, brown marginal band well defined, not much narrowed 

 behind : fringe Imflish white, darker at end of veins. 



I'ndcrsitli- as in murina, but basi-discal area of ibrewing cinnamon-rufous, 

 brighter than the rest of the wing. 



6. Tenth tergite (PL XLIV. f. 47) slender, truncate : sternite very much 

 shorter than the tergite, rounded-truncate. Harpe (PI. L. f 18) much broader than 

 in murina and narrower than in marqinata, compressed, irregular, apex somewhat 

 curved downwards. Penis-sheath (PI. IjVI. f. 0) similar to that oi plat/iata, bearing 

 a dentate ridge. 



Ilab. South-West Africa : probably more widely distributed over South and 

 East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 1 cJ, 5 ? ? from Little Namaqualand, Cape Colony; 

 ti/jji-: 6. 



4'.t:. Temnora stevensi spec. nov. (PI. VII. f. l.">, 6). 



6. Intermediate in the shape of the forewing between mfiniinata and funrbris; 

 differing from liotli as follows : the brown obliipie discal band of the forewing, 

 nlidxc, restricted in breadth and length, ill-detiued both {jroximally and distally, 

 not extended to outer margin, not broader in front than at M' ; brown marginal 

 area SC — R^ tapering in front and ))ehind, irregular, being incised at the veins ; 

 grey scaling at this short band more distinct than in tlie allied species ; fringe 

 il'hilf lietween ]{'' and SM- on the np|iersiclc. rndrraidr as in iiiuriiiiuita , tiie 

 lines less distinct. 



Sexual armature (|uite distinct. Abdominal scent-tni't jiale viiiaceous IimII'. 

 Tenth tergite as broad as in fuiiabri-t, but nincli shorter ; sternite gradnally 

 merging into the anal cone, iritlniut free i)r(jc(ws fPI. XLIV. f. 44). Friction- 

 Kcaies and groove as \\\ fuurbri.f ; har])e short (PI. L. f 1 ), broad, curved ujiwards. 

 Penis-sheath CPl. LV. f. 4'.)) with a very short, <lentate, duuble ridge some <listanee 

 before end. 



