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deep purple, strewn with small whitish-ochreous spots ; several more distinct and larger 

 round lower § of termen. 



Mane - , Cascade Estate, in December ; one specimen. 



Pith arch a Meyr. 



117. Pitharcha chalincea Meyr. 



One specimen received from Mr T. B. Fletcher as taken in the Seychelles, without 

 further record. It is widely distributed in Central Africa from east to west, and is 

 probably artificially spread. 



SCALMATICA, 11. gen. 



Head rough ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae f , in $ clothed with 

 moderately long thinly strewn cilia, basal joint moderate, stout, with pecten of cilia. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, ascending, second joint with rough scales beneath and 

 some projecting lateral bristles, terminal joint shorter than second, with tolerably 

 appressed scales, obtuse. Maxillary palpi short, loosely scaled, ascending. Postei-ior 

 tibia? clothed with long hairs. Forewings with 2 from towards 'angle, 7 absent, 

 11 from -J. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^ ; 2 — 4 remote, 5 and 6 rather 

 approximated at base. 



Allied to Amydria. 



118. Scalmatica rimosa, n. sp. 



£$. 18 — 19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous tinged with fuscous, and with a very faint pinkish 

 tinge ; numerous undefined scattered transverse strigulge of dark fuscous irroration ; 

 stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, first discal near before middle, plical very obliquely beyond 

 first discal ; a series of cloudy dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings pale fuscous, with a slight violet tinge ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Mahe, near Morne Blanc and Cascade Estate, 1000 feet, in October and February; 

 two specimens. 



Proterodesma Meyr. 



119. Proterodesma tomcBa, n. sp. 



$. 12 mm. Head and thorax whitish-fuscous sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi 

 fuscous-whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; fuscous, 

 scales pale-edged ; scattered dark fuscous strigulse, especially on margins : cilia whitish- 

 fuscous, with several indefinite dark fuscous lines. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia 

 whitish-grey. 



Felicite, in December ; one specimen. 



