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waved ; subterminal line slight, dark, minutely waved and some- 

 what angled outwards above and below vein 4 ; a series of minute 

 black points just before termen ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia 

 black-brown. Hind wing grey suffused with brown and thickly 

 irioratecl with black; an oblique black antemedial line not 

 reaching costa ; indistinct double waved medjal and subterminal 

 lines, the latter with a series of black points on its inner edge ; 

 a, series of minute black points just before termen and a fine black 

 terminal line ; cilia black-brown ; the underside whitish tinged 

 with brown and irrora/ted with black, the antemedial and medial 

 lines as above, a subterminal series of black points. 



Hah. N.E. Rhodesia, Chinsali distr. (Xeaue), 1 d type. Exp. 

 28 mm. 



Diomoj:a tenebrosa Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 90, pi. iii. f. 17 (1894). 

 N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr. 



Thermesia irrorata Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 506 (1781). 



N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr., upper Luangwa valley, 

 Chambezi valley, Bangweolo distr., Mansya R., Mpika. 



Parathermes lophocera, sp. n. (PI. XXXVIII. fig. 6.) 



Antenna? of male with large tuft of hair at one-third from base. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; palpi with the ex- 

 tremity of 2nd joint blackish, the 3rd joint blackish, white at 

 base and tips ; mid and hind tarsi whitish ; abdomen with slight 

 whitish segmental lines. Fore wing grey-brown ; subbasal line 

 represented by a black and white point on costa, then by slight 

 points ; antemedial line black defined on each side by white at 

 costa, excurved below costa, then slight, oblique, sinuous, inter- 

 rupted ; a slight dark discoidal spot ; postmedial line blackish, 

 defined on each side by white at costa, then slightly by grey on 

 outer side, excurved below costa, then oblique and minutely 

 waved, some small triangular pure white marks beyond it on 

 costa with blackish streaks between them ; a faint dark sub- 

 terminal shade ; a terminal series of black and white striae. Hind 

 wing grey-brown; a slight dark discoidal bar; postmedial line 

 black- brown faintly defined on outer side by grey, slightly 

 sinuous ; a fine black-brown terminal line defined on inner side 

 by a fine white line; the underside with blackish discoidal spot 

 and curved minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hob. Congo, Lualaba R. (JVeave), 1 rf ; N.E. Rhodesia, Cham- 

 bezi valley (Weave), 11 d 1 , 24 $ type. Exp. 24-28 mm. 



Parathermes marchali Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. & Maur., 

 Lep. p. 105, pi. 13. f. 4 (1834). 



Congo, Lualaba R. ; N. W. Rhodesia, Alala plateau, Kapopo ; 

 N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr., Luangwa valley, Mt. Ulungn, 

 Chambezi valley, Kalungwisi valley, Lake Bangweolo, Fort 

 Jameson, Tanganyika plateau. 



