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and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hindwing 

 with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



Peionofeontia eeygidia, n. sp. 



^ . Head and thorax grey mottled with brown and black ; pectus 

 and legs ochreous, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen oehreous 

 dor sally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing grey variegated with 

 brown and irrorated with black ; numerous indistinct strongly waved 

 black lines ; a subbasal ochreous white spot above vein 1 followed 

 by a larger rufous spot with its outer edge produced to a tooth; 

 three short subterminal streaks below apex. Hindwing ochreous ; 

 the terminal area suffused with brown, the veins of terminal area 

 streaked with brown ; a dark crenulate terminal line. 



Hah. Natal, Victoria District (Gooch). Exp. 40 mill. Type in 

 B.M. • 



Genus ANTIOPHLEBIA. 



Type. 



Antiophhhia, Peld. Eeis. Nov. p. 2 (1874), 



non descr. bracteata. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching 

 vertex of head and moderately scaled; frons with pointed tuft of 

 hair ; antennae in both sexes bipectinate with moderate branches, 

 the apical part simple ; thorax with very large paired subdorsal 

 ridges of scales arching over dorsum ; tibiae fringed with long hair ; 

 abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Porewing with the 

 inner margin excised towards tornus which is hooked ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole, 6 from the areole ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with vein 2 from 

 towards angle of cell ; 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



Antiophlebia beacteata, Peld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 99, f. 18 (1874). 

 Hab. N'Gamiland (Lugard) ; Natal, coast-belt (Barker) ; Cape 

 Colony, Annshaw (Miss P. Barrett). Exp. ^ 46, ? 52 mill. 



Genus MELIABA. 



Type. 

 il/e//a6rt, Wlk. xvi. 212 (1858) pclopsalis. 



Meliaba pelopsalis, Wlk. xvi. 212 (1858). 

 Hah. Natal, Durban (Gueiuzius, Leigh). Exp. 40 mill. 



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