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Fam. HypsidsB. 

 Digama ostentata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and anterior wings plumbeous ; abdomen 

 and posterior wings stramineous. Anterior wings crossed 

 beyond cell by a waved, narrow, macular, greyisli fascia ; 

 preceding this fascia are nine small black spots more or less 

 margined with greyish, situate four costal and basal, one 

 above centre and two above end of cell, one in centre and one 

 at end of cell. Anterior wings beneath paler than above, 

 few of the spots visible ; body beneath and legs pale plum- 

 beous ; sternum and abdomen with marginal rows of black 

 spots ; proboscis stramineous. 



Exp. wings 35 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Pretoria (coll. Dist.). Cape Colony 

 Annshaw {Brit. Mus.). 



Fam. NotodontidaB. 



Hojjlitis gigas, sp. n. 



Head, antennae, and pronotum fuscous, lateral pronotal 

 margiis broadly greyish white ; abdomen ochraceous, base 

 narrowly, a central narrow longitudinal fascia and the apex 

 broadly, fuscous. Body beneath and legs fuscous ; lateral 

 segmental tufts to abdomen ochraceous. 



Anterior wings dull greyish, much speckled with fuscous; 

 costal margin, two narrow outer and inner marginal fascige, 

 a broader waved inner marginal fascia, and the neuration 

 fuscous. These wings are greyish white near base and 

 brownish grey on disk and on a subapical spot. Posterior 

 wings greyish white, with a broad dark fuscous outer margin, 

 which is widest at apex and somewhat obsolete at anal angle. 

 Anterior wings beneath pale fuscous, with a streak beyond 

 cell, an outer marginal series of spots, and a large spot near 

 centre of inner margin greyish white. Posterior wings 

 beneath generally as above, but with a short fuscous streak 

 above end of cell ; bases of both wings narrowly ochraceous. 

 Exp. wings 85 millim. Long, body 33 millim. 

 Hab. Transvaal, Lydenburg District. 



PhaJera lydenburgi, sp. n. 



? . Body above brownish ochraceous, lateral margins of 

 the pronotum and base of abdomen greyish violaceous ; apical 

 area of abdomen banded with fuscous. Body beneath and 



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