athetis. 353 



tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen white tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous, 

 the veins with slight dark streaks ; subbasal line double filled in 

 with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold in which there 

 is a slight blackish streak beyond it; antemedial line black defined 

 by white on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, 

 sinuous; orbicular a rather elongate black spot ; reniform a black 

 lunule ; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side and 

 with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then 

 dentate, incurved below vein 4, a fuscous patch beyond it on costal 

 area with white points on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, 

 defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion, slightly angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and angled inwards at submedian fold where there is a 

 diffused blackish mark before it ; a terminal series of black stria3. 

 Hind wing pure white, the apex slightly tinged w T ith fuscous ; the 

 underside with the costal area suffused and irrorated with fuscous, 

 a slight discoidal spot and fine brown terminal line. 



Hah. Bechuanaland, N'Gami (Lugard), 1 $ ; Transvaal, Modder- 

 fontein (Cruger), 1 $ ; Natal, Mooi R., 1 £ ; Bastitoland, Maseru 

 (Crawshay), 1 J,l $ type, Masite {Crawshay), 1 d . Exp. 28 

 millim. 



3995. Athetis atrirena. (Plate CXXX. fig. 26.) 

 Caradrina atrirena, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 304 (1902). 



Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi black, whitish at tips ; fore 

 tibiae blackish, the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with red-brown. Pore wing pale rufous irrorated with fuscous; 

 subbasal lineblack expanding into a spot at costa, waved, from costa to 

 submedian fold; antemedial lineblack with small spot at costa, 

 angled inwards below costa, then oblique, waved ; orbicular absent ; 

 reniform a narrow black lunule ; a diffused fuscous medial line, 

 oblique from costa to reniform and slightly incurved from lower 

 angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial lino black with small 

 spot at costa, oblique from costa to vein 7, then minutely dentate, 

 somewhat incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some slight 

 pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous 

 suffusion on inner side, oblique towards costa, excurved below 

 vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a terminal series 

 of minute black lunules. Hind wing pale reddish brown ; cilia 

 yellowish at base, with diffused brown line at middle and whitish 

 tips; the underside whitish tinged with ochreous and slightly 

 irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and indistinct 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Cape Colony, Worcester Distr., Matjesfontein, 1 o type, 

 Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 $ • &vjf>- *~ millim. 



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