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with traces of an oblique line from it to inner margin ; a faint 

 fulvous subterminal line ; the interspaces with minute black 

 streaks in their extremities ; cilia with a slight blackish line near 

 base. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous brown ; a 

 fine brown terminal line ; cilia white. 



Hob. N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luang wa distr., Mbala country 

 (Weave), 1 § type. Exp. 28 mm. 



Platytes argyrodonta, sp. n. (PI. XL. fig. 3.) 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with silvery white ; abdomen 

 white slightly tinged with rufous at base. Fore wing rufous ; a 

 silvery-white fascia below costa through the cell, beyond which it 

 is trifurcate, the teeth defined by blackish, the uppermost tooth 

 extending to nearest termen ; a silvery -white fascia below sub- 

 median fold extending to near termen towards which it bifurcates, 

 an obliquely curved silvery-white streak from vein 3 just before 

 termen running inwards between its teeth ; an oblique silvery- 

 white streak across apical area ; two yellowish-white marks 

 extending between the lower teeth of the trifurcate fascia ; a fine 

 black terminal line defined on inner side by a white line ; cilia 

 white with some dark brown at tips. Hind wing white faintly 

 tinged with brown. 



Hah. N.W. Rhodesia, Alala plateau, Mkushi distr. (Weave), 

 1 6 , 1 $ type. Exp. 26 mm. 



Ohilo suppresalis Wlk. xxvii. 166 (1863). 

 Portuguese E. Africa, Ohinde. 



Ohilo fuscicilia, sp. n. (PI. XL. fig. 4.) 



5 . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen 

 ochreous white donsally tinged with rufous at base. Fore wing 

 ochreous suffused with rufous, the veins with slight whitish 

 streaks, the interspaces of terminal area with faint dark streaks ; 

 a black discoidal point ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia 

 fuscous except at base. Hind wing white faintly tinged with 

 rufous ; the underside with the costal area more strongly tinged 

 with rufous. 



Hab. N.E. Rhodesia, Bangweolo distr. (Weave), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 34 mm. 



Talis nigroradians Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. xlviii. p. 749 

 (1900). 



Congo, S.E. Katanga, Kambove. 



Charltona chrysopasta, sp. n. (PI. XL. fig. 5.) 



$ . Head and thorax white mixed with metallic golden scales 

 and irrorated with black ; palpi blackish ; tarsi black ringed with 

 white ; abdomen white mixed with brown. Fore wing white 

 thickly irrorated with metallic golden and black scales ; an ill- 

 defined white fascia below base of cell ; medial line double, black 



