new Tliyrididiv and PyralicUr. '.]y.] 



upwards to upper aujjle of cell, formiiijjf a loop, then inter- 

 rupted, alijxlitly excurved below lower angle of cell, then 

 ol)li(ine to inn«>r njargin lu'ar auteniedial line; a termiiiMl 

 series of dark striic ; cilia whitish, Iliiid wing white, with 

 more or less brown on ternieii, in female fonnin^ a well- 

 defined band, with some cupreous red at extremity of vein 2. 

 I/ad. ]5k. E. Africa, Simba {('ratvs/uiy) , 1 ^ ; Nairobi 

 (( 'raws fin I/), 1 (^ type; Eb Urrn {/ietton),l S ) Athi ya- 

 Mawe [Bdtoii), 1 ?*. Exp. 18-22 mm. 



(la.) Constantia jjJueayoiialis, sp. n. 



9 . Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; tarsi 

 fuscous, with pale rings; abdomen grey. Fore wing grey 

 irrorated with brown ; the veins with slight dark streaks ; a 

 dark streak insnbmedian fold to postinedial line ; a snbbasal 

 dark striga on inner area ; antemedial line blackish defined 

 by white on inner side, obli(iuely curved ; a triangular dark 

 mark beyond the cell, with dark streaks on the veins bounded 

 by tiie postniedial line, which is black, defined by white on 

 outer side, dentate at veins 5, 4, 3, then angled inwards to 

 near middle of wing and outwards on vein 1 ; a fine black 

 termiiual line ; cilia white at base and with fine dark line 

 near tips. Hind wing grey tinged with brown ; cilia whitish, 

 with fine dark line near lips. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Deelfontein {Col. Sloggett), 1 ? type. 

 E.rp. 22 mm. 



(1'6.) Constantia poliopastalis, sp. n. 



Conslaiitia ranifusalis, Ilinpsn. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1900, p. 381, pi. iii. 

 tig. IG ( $ nee d ). 



Head aiul thorax -white irrorated with fuscous ; mid and 

 hind tarsi tingctl with ochreous ; abdomen white tinged with 

 ochreous at base. Fore wing white largely sufi'used with 

 ochreous and blue-grey and irrorated with black; a small 

 black spot below base of costa ; antemedial line double, 

 fuscous, filled in with white, oblicjue from costa to below cell, 

 angled inwards in sulnncdian fohl, then obli([ue to inner 

 margin ; a fuscous spot in middle of cell and another on 

 discocellulars, with a white patch between them ; j)ostmedial 

 line fuscous, defined by white on outer side, slightly bent 

 outwards and dentate at veins 6, 5, 4, then interrupted by 

 an ol>lique blue-grey fascia from lower angle of cell to above 

 tornus, ])cnt inwards to below end of cell and angled out- 

 wards in submcdian fold ; a terminal scries of blacliish striie. 



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