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castaneous fascia — the first outwardly oblique, crossing base 

 of cell, the second beyond cell, sinuate and bent inwardly, 

 the third between second and outer margin, waved, strongly 

 and outwardly bidentate at about centre ; beyond the outer 

 fascia the marginal area is pale violaceous, with a marginal 

 series of small black spots on the veins. Posterior wings 

 very pale plumbeous, the outer marginal areas darker. Wings 

 beneath pale brownish ochraceous, the outer margins darker. 



Exp. wings 40 millim. 



Hub. Transvaal, Pretoria {Distant), Johannesburg [Cregoe), 



Ophiusa xylina, sp. n. 



Head and thorax pale reddish ochraceous ; abdomen and 

 body beneath ochraceous. 



Anterior wings very pale brownish or reddish ochraceous, 



crossed by two narrow castaneous fascial — the first outwardly, 



the second inwardly greyish, the first crossing cell and 



directed outwardly, the second beyond cell directed inwardly, 



both almost meeting on inner margin ; renlform spot large, 



prominent, centrally constricted, pale purplish, with darker 



margin ; between the second fascia and outer raaro;in a sinuate 

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series of small dark spots and a subapical purplish-black 



patch ; a waved dark line at outer margin. Posterior wings 



ochraceous, the outer area broadly pale fuscous, the fringe 



ochraceous. Wings beneath ochraceous ; anterior wings 



with a broad black outer submarginal fascia ; posterior wings 



with the apical area speckled with fuscous. 



Exp. wings 55 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria [Distant). 



Allied to 0. lunaris, ScliifF. Specimens from Natal are 

 in the British Museum. 



Delgamma zonaria^ sp. n. 



Body pale greyish brown ; legs and palpi fuscous brown j 

 eyes black. 



Anterior wings greyish brown, crossed by two narrow 

 transverse fascite — the first slightly curved, crossing at about 

 anterior half of cell, the second slightly oblique between end 

 of cell and outer margin, inwardly broadly margined with 

 purplish brown and outwardly with pale greyish, the outer 

 margin of wing also broadly purplish brown ; reniform spot 

 dark and subprominent. Posterior wings generally as ante- 

 rior, but without the basal fascia. Wings beneath greyish 

 ochraceous ; the cellular area of anterior wings and the outer 

 margins of both wings somewhat darker. 



