Species of Pyralidae. 5215 



%Tith a wliitish discoidal spot conjoined to it; an irregular 

 oblique whitish medial band ; postracdial line white, oblicjue 

 to discal fold, then bent outwards to ternien at vein 2 ; cilia 

 whitish, with a blackish line near base. 



Hub. Natal, Weeneu, 1 <S type, Durban {Leigh), 1 ?; 

 Orange R. Colony, Bloemfontein (AVAt^z-^/ey), 1 ^ ; Basuto- 

 LAN'D, Molctsaui {Craivsliay) , 1 (^ . Exp. 18 mm. 



[Qa) Diasemia monostigma, sp, n. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with red- 

 brown. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown ; the costal 

 edge black to middle and with tiiree black points on post- 

 medial area ; an indistinct black antemedial line from ceil to 

 inner margin, defined on inner side by a faint greyish band; 

 a slight blackish line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; postmedial line blackish, defined on outer side by 

 grey, oblique to discal fold, where it is slightly bent outwards, 

 then again oblique to inner margin, an oblique wedge-shaped 

 black patch before it between veins 5 and 2 and slight 

 blackish marks in the interspaces beyond the grey band ; 

 a terminal series of small black spots ; cilia with a fine pale 

 line at base. Hind wing grey-brown ; an indistinct dark 

 postmedial line defined on outer side by grey, oblique, bent 

 outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; the termen blackish on 

 apical half, with blackish spots on inner half. 



? . Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards in 

 submedian fold to near tornus, then retracted to below angle 

 of cell and oblique to middle of inner margin, the black patch 

 before it triangular. 



Hab. Transvaal, Lemana (Janse), 1 ? ; Natal, Karkloof 

 (Marshall), 2 ? , Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 $ , Pietermaritz- 

 burg {Boicker), 1 ? , Durban {Leigh), 1 ^ type ; Cape 

 Colony, Annshaw {Miss l'\ Barrett), 2 (J, Zuurberg {Bair, 

 stow), 1 (?, 2 ? . Eup., c? 24, $ 20 mm. 



(1 b) Liopasia riifalis, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax rufous ; palpi white at base ; max- 

 illary palpi white ; slight white streaks above the eyes ; 

 pectus and legs white, the fore tibiai tinged with rufous ; 

 abdomen pale rufous, with slightly darker subdorsal rufous 

 marks on two basal segments and dorsal and subdorsal marks 

 on the other segments, the ventral surface white. Fore wing 

 rufous irrorated Avith blackish ; a very indistinct blackish 

 antemedial line, oblique fi'om costa to submedian fold ; traces 



