uctv Tliyiididic (lud Pyraliihi'. 117 



{2 a.) Rhodoncura jK'.iu, sp. ii. 



Autcmue bipcctinutc with moderate branches to apcK in 

 both st'xes. 



Head rufojis ; thorax and ab(h)nien j^r( y-wliitc ; U';;s 

 rufous, rxeept tarsi, the hind tibi;c bhiek at extremities. 

 Fore win<; oehreons tinjj^ed with rufous, the eosta snU'useil 

 with wliite, retieuhite \>ith iiidistinet rufous markinj^s (exce|)t 

 on niar;;inal areas, whieh liavc only a few faint striie) ; traees 

 of oblique greyish ante- and postmedial bands; cilia white; 

 at tips. Hind win^ oehreons tinged with rufous and retieu- 

 late with rufous markings, very faint on terminal area ; a 

 greyish medial baiul defined I)y rufous striie, the retieulations 

 bifore and on its middle tilled in Avith yellow. Underside; 

 with the reticulations on basal half of fore wing and medial 

 band of hind wing deep rufous tilled in with yellow. 



Hub. Mashonalaxd, Umtali {Marshall), 1 ? ; C'Ai'ii 

 Colony, 1 (^ type. Exp., (^ 26, ? 30 mm, 



(:2 b.) Rhodoneura sparsireta, sp. n. 



(^ . Antennsc bipeetinate. Yellowish white; head and 

 thorax partly sullused with red-brown; abdomen slightly 

 ringed with brown ; wings striated with rufous. Fore wing 

 witli curved antemedial line; a line from custa near the Hrst 

 line to lower angle of cell, where it joins the oblique medial 

 line which forks at eosta; a postmedial line augled outwards 

 below eosta, where it anastomoses with a curved line from 

 eosta before apex to middle of termen, angled inwards at 

 niiildle, and outwards above vein 2, where it gives oti' a spur 

 to termen. Hind wing with obli(iue medial line connected 

 by spurs at middle and above inner margin with the sinuous 

 subterminal line, which gives oil" two spurs to termen above 

 middle and one below. 



Hub. Clua. Jlxjj. 20 mm. Tvpe in Coll. Staudingcr. 



(14«.) Rhoduncura acijuoniuta, sp, n. 



Fore wing with the termen slightly angled at middle; 

 hind wing with it acutely angled, 



(^ . Pale rufous; wings reticulated with darker iiil'ons. 

 Fore ^^ing with some rufous markings at base; an ante- 

 H'.edial band angled below eosta, then oblique; a postmedial 

 band acutely angled below eosta, then oblicpie and lork- 

 ing towards inner margin, some dark marks beyond it at 

 middle; an obli(|ue band across apical area curving round 

 aud reaching termen above middle; a suliuiarginal banil 



