2GS On new ThyridiJne ami Pyraliil;^. 



Ilab. M.\siin\Ai.A\D, Salisbury (Marshall), 5 c? , 1 ? type. 



(2 b.) Paractenia phceomesalis, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax dark red-brown, the frons paler ; 

 abdomen greyish suffused and iirorated with fuscous, the 

 extremity and ventral surfaec tinged with rufous. Fore 

 wing red-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous, the medial 

 area ratlier darker ; antemedial line black, very minutely 

 waved, excurved below the cell; the medial part of costa 

 with slight pale points ; a small black di'^coidal spot ; post- 

 medial line black slightly defined by paler rufous on outer 

 side, minutely dentate, excurved between veins 7 and 2 ; a 

 terminal series of black points ; cilia with fuscous line near 

 tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with rufous, especially on 

 terminal area ; a dark postmedial line defined by whitisli on 

 outer side, slightly excurved between veins 5 and 2 ; a slight 

 dark terminal line ; cilia pale, with rufous line near base ; 

 the uuder.side with small black spot at upper angle of cell. 



Hah. E. Africa, Rabai [Rogers), 1 ? ; Natal, 1 ? type. 

 E.rp. 30-34 mm. 



(2 c.) Paractenia atrispar salts, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax rufous irrorated with fuscous ; abrio- 

 men grey-brown irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing rufous 

 with a cupreous tinge and thickly irrorated with black; 

 antemedial line fuscous, oblique from costa to submedian 

 fold, where it is angled outwards, then angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; a small black discoidal spot ; postmedial line slightly 

 defined by paler rufous on outer side, excurved and minutely 

 dentate between veins 7 and 2, then slightly angled inwards 

 in submedian fold ; a terminal series of slight black points ; 

 cilia with slight fuscous line near base. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with brown, the terminal area rather darker; an 

 indistinct, curved, minutely dentate postmedial line; cilia 

 pale brown at base, whitish at tips; the underside with the 

 costal and terminal areas suffused with reddish brown and 

 irrorated with fuscous. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 2 ? ; 

 Capk Colony, Kokstad (Miss Prinr/le), 1 c? type. Exp. 

 32-34 mm. 



(2.) Prosaris pulverea, sp. n. 



Hind wing of male without tuft of scales. 



? . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing vinous red 

 thickly iirorated with black, the last with very oblique 

 prominent black medial line angled just below costa, and 



