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Subfam. TIerminiinjs . 

 Cyclopteryx oculata, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries and secondaries pale greyish brown, 

 thickly irrorated with white scales and zigzag brown lines ; 

 the primaries with a large round black spot, edged witli 

 yellow and with a white dot in the middle, at the end of the 

 cell ; the fringe of both wings pale brown. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen pale brown, the antennae blackish bi'own. — 

 Female similar to the male, but with simple antennae. 



Expanse -^q inch. 



Hab. Guatemala, Totonicapam, 8500 to 10,500 feet 

 {Champion) . 



Mr. Champion obtained a good series of this species ; the 

 insect was found in plenty on tree-trunks in a cacao-planta- 

 tiou ; it rests with the wings horizontally expanded, and flies 

 oflf on being approached. 



Epizeuxis (?) lineata, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries and secondaries slate-colour ; the pri- 

 maries crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three 

 dark brown lines — the first close to the base, the second 

 about the middle, the third beyond — and with a submarginal 

 row of very indistinct brown dots extending from the apex 

 to the anal angle ; the marginal line black ; the fringe 

 slate-colour : the secondaries very similarly marked to the 

 primaries, but without the brown line at the base. Head, 

 antennee, thorax, and abdomen slate-colour. — Female very 

 similar to the male. 



Expanse l^^^ inch. 



Hab. Mexico, Dos Arroyos and Rio Papagaio {H. H. 

 Smith) . 



XXVII. — On a Collection of Dragonjlies from, the Transvaal 

 and Nyasaland. By W. F. KiRBY, F.L.S., F.E.S., &c. 



During his stay in the Transvaal Mr. W. L. Distant col- 

 lected some dragonfiies, as well as other insects, and he also 

 received collections formed by Dr. P. Rendall in Nyasaland 

 and by Herr Ksessner at Zoutpansberg in the Transvaal. 

 These collections have been placed in my hands for examina- 

 tion, and 1 find that they consist collectively of upwards of 

 forty species. Among these I have ventured to describe 

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