292 Annals of the South African Museum. 



oi'bicalar to termen ; some white marks on termen ; cilise black 

 intersected with white. Hindwing fuscous, the inner area paler. 



Rah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall). Exj:). 30 mill. Type 

 iu B.M. 



Genus CHAEIDEA. 



Type. 



Charidea, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 60 (1852) ... elegantissima. 

 Sect. I. Antennffi of male bipectinate with branches of moderate length. 



(1) Charidea elegantissima, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 61 (1852). 

 Dianthmcia botonga, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109, f. 28 (1874). 



Hah. Portuguese East Africa; Cape Colony, Cape Town. Kxp. 

 38 mill. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male with very short branches. 



A. Forewing purplish red viuosa. 



B. Forewing with the inner half blackish, the costal half ochreous . . . . divisa. 



(2) Charidea vinosa, n. sp. 



(^ . Head and thorax purple-red ; tarsi brown with pale rings ; 

 abdomen yellowish white, the ventral surface tinged with purple-red. 

 Forewing purplish red, irrorated with white scales ; the orbicular 

 and reniform ochreous surrounded by white points ; a double curved 

 postmedial series of white points and a series just before termen. 

 Hindwing yellowish white ; the cilia at apex tinged with pink. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall). Exp. 26 mill. Type 

 in B.M. 



(3) Charidea divisa, n. sp. 



Head and thorax fuscous black ; abdomen whitish tinged with 

 fuscous. Forewing with the inner half fuscous black, the costal half 

 ochreous tinged with rufous towards costa and with fuscous towards 

 apex ; the veins of costal area dark ; the claviform very elongate 

 defined by a fine black line ; fine white and black streaks in the cell ; 

 the orbicular obsolete ; the reniform small, hardly visible on the 

 ochreous area, brownish with white outline on the black area ; the 

 interspaces of terminal area with white and black streaks. Hindwing 

 pale brownish tinged with fuscous. 



Hab. Natal, Victoria District (Gooch) ; Cape Colony, Tianskei 

 (Miss F. Barrett). Exp. 36 mill. Type in B.M. 



