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This species is represented in Mr. Gooch's collection 

 by four males and two females, in somewhat better 

 condition than Mr. Walker's original types which are in 

 the British Museum. Having quoted as synonyms the 

 two names supposed by Mr. Walker to have been given 

 by him to two distinct species, I feel that no apology 

 will be required for reprinting at full length the Latin 

 diagnosis of each as it appears on the same page of his 

 Catalogue : 



"53. Teras capensana. 



"Mas. Pallide cervina; alee anticse acutse, strigulis 

 plurimis transversis fuscescentibus ; posticae pallide 

 cinerese." 



" 55. Teras mcridionana. 



" Mas. Pallide cervina ; alee strigulis plurimis trans- 

 versis indistinctis obscurioribus ; anticae acutse ; posticse 

 albido-cinerese." 



The English descriptions which follow are almost as 

 nearly parallel word for word as the Latin. I may add 

 that a careful examination of the typical specimens still 

 further confirms the evidence of their identity. The 

 only appreciable difference between them is stated by 

 Mr. Walker thus: T. capensana, ''length of the wings 

 8 lines"; T. meridionana, "length of the wings 9 10 

 lines". The same difference of size occurs between 

 some of Mr. Gooch's specimens. This species seems to 

 belong without doubt to the genus Lozotcenia, Herrich- 

 Schaffer, as defined by Heinemann. 



Taken "at light on grass." Spring Vale. October, 

 November, and April. 



Lozotcenia dorsiplayana, n. s. (PL X., fig. 2). 



Capite antennis et alis anticis subrufescente testaceis. 

 Alis anticis, costa arcuata fascia subobsoleta a medio 

 costse versus angulum analem oblique projecta ; ante 

 earn plaga dorsali elongata quadrangular! sordide albida 

 tenuiter substriata ; fascia abbreviata ante apicem ; 

 margine apicali cum ciliis aliquot obfuscato. Posticis 

 saturate ochraceo-cinereis. 



Head rather reddish testaceous ; palpi projecting 

 about the length of the head beyond it, subrostriform. 

 Fore wings with the costa rounded, reddish testaceous, 

 with an indistinct oblique fascia from the middle of the 



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