314; NocTUii).!:. 



«•■'. Forp wiiigwitli the postmeclial line beut iuwards 



below vein 3 to below end of cell eremocJirea. 



P, Fore wing with the pijsttnedial line strongly 

 incurved and somewhat dentate below vein 4. 

 (V*. Hind wing willi double medial line. 



a^. Wings with tiie ground-colour whitish ve/usra. 



i*. Wings with the ground-colour rufous rosacea. 



i'. Hind wing without double medial line poUjcyma, 



c^. Fore wing wilh the postmedial line very sligiitly 



incurved and not dentate below vein 4 plxaocyma. 



It. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from 

 the costa towards apex, oblique, excurved at 

 middle canescens. 



8123. Cortyta diapera, u. sp. (Plate CCXXXII. fig. 14.) 



cS . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown ; palpi 

 white, the extremity of 2nd joint and the 8rd joint black ; frons at 

 sides and antennje black ; tibial suffused with brown, the tarsi brown 

 Avith wdiitish rings ; abdomen ochreous white, the base of ventral 

 suirBace whiter. Fore Aving white slightly irrorated with brown ; a 

 curved subbasal brown striga from costa ; antemedial line sh'ght, 

 brown, oblique to submedian fold where it is produced to a minute 

 black streak, then inwardly oblique ; a very indistinct double waved 

 brownish medial line ; reniform defined at sides by brown striae ; 

 postmedial line indistinctly double, the inner line blackish, oblique 

 to vein 0, incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then incurved, 

 and again slightly excurved above inner margin, met at vein 6 by 

 an oblique rather diffvTsed black fascia from apex, its outer edge 

 then defined by a blackish shade, some slight blackish marks beyond 

 it on costa and slight blackish streaks on the veins ; an indistinct 

 <jl)lique brownish subterminal line, slightly incurved at submedian 

 fold ; a slight waved blackish line just before tcrmen. Hind wing 

 white tinged with ochreous brown, the termen oclu-eous brown 

 except towards tornus ; a terminal series of blackish points from 

 apex to vein 2 ; cilia Avhite faintly chequered with brown to 

 vein 2 ; the underside white, the costal area slightly irrorated with 

 brown. 



Hab. Transvaal, Waterberg {TVihle, Zi/trencka), 2 c? type. 

 Exj). 32 milliin. 



8124. Cortyta metaxantha. (Plate CCXXXII. fig. 15.) 

 Chalciope metaxantha, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 334 (1902). 



J. Head and thoi-ax ochreous tinged witli reddish and mixed 

 with dark brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with whitish ; abdomen 

 ochreous tinged with fulvous, the ventral surface ochreous white. 

 Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged with brown, the basal area 

 thickly irrorated with blackisli ; si\bbasal line black, sinuous, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line strong, black, excurved 

 and waved, a faint diffused line before it; traces of a double medial 

 line excurved from below costa to median nervure, then oblique, a 



