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Famity HEMILEUCID (Pack). 
SuB-FAMILY HOLOCERIN KH (Pack). 
HoLocreRA RHODESIENSIS, Sp. Nov. 
6. Thorax in front and on under-side, abdomen above, ground 
colour of both wings on upper- and under-side, hairs on femora and 
tibiz purple-drab (XLV); hairs on head, upper-side of thorax and 
hairs on second and third segment of abdomen on upper-side, hairs on 
thorax near origin of second and third pair of legs, and lateral hairs 
on abdomen on under-side mars orange (II) with a tinge of orange- 
chrome (II); shaft of antenne warm buff (XV), branches fuscus-black 
(XLVI) thickly ciliated with cartridge buff (XXX) hairs; tarsi with 
cream-buff (XXX) hairs mixed with fuscous hairs especially on 
fore-tarsi. 
Fore-wing with basal area below lower-median and as far as origin 
of vein 2 suffused with dusky brown (XLV); medial line begins at 
costa as a chestnut-brown (XIV) macula, angled outwardly in middle 
of cell, then evenly curved to inner-margin just before middle, this 
line forms the inner border of a broad post-medial band of a dull 
violet-black (1) colour; post-medial line forming a rather confluent 
boundary of post-medial band, beginning at two-thirds of costa, then 
curved round at vein 6, then almost evenly curved inwardly below 
vein 3 and ending just beyond two-thirds of inner-margin ; a hyaline 
mark beyond disco-cellular between veins 4 and 6, this mark is 
narrower than in H. smi/ax and the lower portion is straight, not 
curled as in that species, at vein 5 there is a small dent inwardly ; 
an ill-defined pear-shaped mark in upper part of post-medial band, 
consisting of orange-rufous (II) scales and continued inwardly beyond 
hyaline mark as far as lower angle; on costa beyond post-medial line 
some white scales as far as vein 10, and an ill-defined sub-triangular 
costal dull violet-black patch beyond it; terminal area from apex to 
vein 2 suffused with dull violet-black; at tornus an ill-defined rounded 
patch of orange-rufous scales. 
Hind-wing with lower basal half covered with rather long dusky 
brown hairs; post-medial band continued from upper-wing, slightly 
indented on inner-side at vein le and with some orange-rufous scales 
at lower angular area; terminal area with orange-rufous scales from 
