718 MR. E. MEYRiCK ON [June 16, 



dark fuscous strigulse, between and beneath which are some leaden- 

 grey scales ; a small irregular black spot in disc at |, irregularly 

 centred with metallic-blue ; a triangular orange apical spot, marked 

 with three blue-leaden-metallic streaks, uppermost shox^t, slender, 

 two lower stronger and partly edged with black, converging to 

 apex : cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish, with darker subbasal 

 shade. Hind wings rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Nyassa-land, Songwe Valley ; one specimen. 



The singular apparently corresponding coloration of the palpi 

 and tips of fore wings has doubtless some explanation in local 

 circumstances. 



Argyroploce orthacta, sp. n. 



2 . 18 mm. Head whitish-fuscous tinged with reddish, crown 

 irrorated with blackish. Palpi modei-ate, porrected, triangularly 

 scaled, ochreous-whitish tinged with fuscous. Thorax reddish- 

 fuscous mixed with blackish. Abdomen grey. Fore wings 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rounded, somewhat oblique ; greyish -olive, with irregular grey- 

 whitish stride rising from pairs of whitish strigulfe on costa; a 

 large sharply-marked dark fuscous basal patch mixed with dark 

 red-brown, outer edge straight, oblique, finely edged with white, 

 reaching on dorsum to beyond middle ; a round patch of ground- 

 colour towards termen above middle outlined by pale stria?, and 

 broadly suffused posteriorly with dark reddish-fuscous ; a streak 

 of reddish suffusion mixed with blackish along termen; cilia 

 ochreous-grey irrorated with whitish, indistinctly barred with 

 darker grey, and with a dark grey subbasal line. Hind wings 

 fuscous, suffused with dark fuscous towards termen ; cilia fuscous, 

 paler towards tips. 



Transvaal, Pretoria and Zoutpansberg districts, in September 

 and from December to March {Janse) ; one specimen. 



Pamplusia sardonia, sp. n. 



(S 5 . 15-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale grey, irrorated 

 with grey-whitish, and more or less suffused with pale crimson, 

 palpi rather long. Abdomen rather elongate, dark grey. Fore 

 wings elongate, gradually dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; dark leaden-grey, with 

 numerous irregular dull crimson-reddish transverse strigfe, some- 

 times largely suffused together ; costa obliquely strigulated with 

 dark fuscous and whitish ; cilia fuscous mixed with reddish, with 

 a whitish basal line on termen, apical third light reddish. Hind 

 wings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal 

 shade, tips pale brownish round apex. 



Transvaal, N.E. Pretoria district, in December and Januaiy 

 {Janse) ; three specimens. 



Enarmonia batrachopa, sp. n. 

 6 $ . 18-22 mm. Head pale ochreous, face and sides suffused 



