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the only indications of an ocelloid spot ; cilia shining silvery, with 

 a dark line along their base. Hind wings brownish fuscous, with 

 pale cilia, also with a dark line near their base. Abdomen and legs 

 greyish fuscous. Exp. al. 16 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst (Gambia), two specimens (Carter). 

 Type, $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



CHOREUTID^E. 



CHOREUTIS, Hb. 



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** Choreutis bjerkandrella, Thnb. 

 Estcourt (Natal), two specimens (Hutchinson). 



SIM^THIS, Leach. 



[PL in., fig. 16.] 



Simcethis flavimaculata, sp< n. 



Antenna ciliated in the $ ; brownish fuscous, spotted above with 

 whitish ochreous. Palpi pale yellowish, the second joint barred 

 externally with brown, the apical joint with two brown rings, one 

 at the base, the other before the apex. Head pale yellowish in 

 front, brown above posteriorly. Thorax brown above, the anterior 

 margin broadly pale yellow, with an orange tinge ; yellowish 

 beneath. Fore wings chocolate-brown, with three conspicuous 

 yellow patches, all slightly tinged with orange ; the first at the 

 outer edge of the basal third occupies more than two-thirds the 

 breadth of the wing, beginning narrowly on the costal margin, 

 considerably dilated to the fold, but not reaching the dorsal mar- 

 gin ; the other two patches are in the apical third of the wing, one 

 almost touching the costal margin, and with a slender yeUow 

 curved costal streak immediately preceding it, the other, which is 

 larger, situated just above the anal angle, rounded in form like the 

 smaller one above it, and also not actually reaching the margins of 

 the wing ; cilia brownish at the base, paler outwardly. Under side 

 brownish, with a faint whitish ochreous spot beyond the middle of 

 the costal margin. Hind wings brown, with a small indistinct 

 irregular yellowish patch radiating from their base to the middle ; 

 cilia cinereous, with a brown line along their base. Under side 

 brownish. Abdomen dark brown, a few paler scales at the base 

 laterally. Legs brown; posterior tibiae, tarsi, and spurs con- 

 spicuously banded and spotted with yellow. Exp. al. 14 mm. 



Hal). Zanzibar, one specimen (Jackson). 



Type, $ , Mus. Wlsrn. 



