748 MR. E. MEYRiCK ON [June 16, 



with blackish. Antennte in J ochreous-whitish spotted with 

 dark fuscous, pectinations 5, lined with black, in $ shortly 

 pectinated, wholly clothed with dense loose dark fuscous scales. 

 Thorax brownish irrorated with blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Fore wings elongate, more so in $ , costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; fuscous 

 sometimes somewhat mixed with whitish and bluish -grey, and 

 sprinkled with blackish ; costal edge whitish-ochreous ; markings 

 ochreous- brown irregularly irrorated with black, viz., an undefined 

 basal patch, a fascia from ^ of costa to middle of dorsum, another 

 from 'i of costa to tornus, and some undefined posterior streaks 

 rising^from small spots on costa : cilia dark fuscous, with several 

 whitish-ochreous bars, sometimes partly obsolete. Hind wings 

 blackish-fuscous ; cilia dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous, with blackish 

 subbasal line. 



Natal, Durban and Mooi R., in September and October 

 {Leigh) ; seven specimens. 



This and the following species, which possess a very short 

 tongue (absent in the rest), are apparently primitive. 



MeLASINA AMIGA, Sp. n. 



(S 23 mm., $ 30-34 mm. Head and j)alpi light ochreous- 

 orange, palpi short, rough-scaled ; tongue very short. Antennae 

 lif^ht ochreous (in S broken). Thorax yellow- ochi-eous. Ab- 

 domen light ochreous. Fore wings elongate, more so in $ , costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; all veins 

 separate ; yellow-ochreous : cilia light yellow-ochi-eous. Hind 

 wings in c? light greyish-fulvous, in $ grey ; cilia pale ochreous, 

 with a faint fuscous subbasal line. 



Nyassaland, Zomba, 3000 feet, in December ; three specimens. 



Melasina liochra, sp. n. 



J . 21-22 mm. Head and palpi light fulvous-ochreous ; palpi 

 moderate, densely scaled. Antennae grey, pectinations 2^, lined 

 with black. Thorax pale ochreous, anteriorly tinged with fuscous. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 rather strongly oblique ; all veins separate ; light yellowish- 

 ochreous ; base of costa blackish ; a blackish dot in disc at |- : cilia 

 light yellowish-ochreous. Hind wings dark grey ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous tinged with fuscous. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, in October, December, and January 

 (Janse) : four specimens. 



Melasina mylica, sp. n. 



(5 . 22-23 mm. Head light yellowish-fulvous, face yellowish- 

 white ; tongue very short. Palpi moderate, densely scaled, 

 yellowish-fulvous mixed with fuscous. Antennfe whitish-ocln-eous, 

 pectinations 3, lined with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish u-rorated 



