754 MR. E. MEYRicK ON [June 16, 



clothed above with long hairs. Fore wings with 2 from, towards 

 angle, 7 absent, 11 from before middle. Hind wings somewhat 

 under 1 , ovate-lanceolate, cHia 1 ; 2-7 nearly parallel. 



Hyoprora crymodes, sp. n. 



c? . 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antennae grey, 

 base white. Abdomen pale yellow-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; white, with a very few scattered 

 slightly raised black specks ; small undefined yellow spots arranged 

 as under, viz., two beneath costa anteriorly, two on fold, one in 

 disc before middle, one on costa before middle, one in disc at §, and 

 a series of very indistinct ones round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia white. Hind wings pale whitish-grey with a faint 

 yellowish tinge ; cilia ochreous-white. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. 



A DEL ID ^. 



Ceromitia Zell. 



This genus difiers essentially from Xemophora only in the maxil- 

 lary palpi being short, loosely scaled, drooping, instead of long, 

 filiform, folded. 



Ceromitia spilodesma, sp. n. 



S . 15-18 mm. Hairs of crown white, face fuscous mixed with 

 whitish. Palpi short, slender, fuscous. Antennse whitish, towards 

 base ringed with fuscous. Thorax white, shoulders fuscous. 

 Abdomen i-ather dark fuscous, apex pale ochreous. Fore wings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 8 and 9 usually stalked ; white, 

 more or less mixed with pale fuscous, with some scattered dark 

 fuscous strigulfe, especially towards costa ; markings dark fuscous ; 

 an elongate-triangvilar spot along basal fifth of costa, broadest 

 posteriorly ; an elongate spot on costa about ^, beneath which is 

 an inwai'dly oblique bar in disc, indistinctly connected with it ; a 

 rather thick fascia from beyond middle of costa to |- of dorsum ; a 

 large transverse oval spot in disc at | ; a series of small spots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind 

 wings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Traissvaal, Pretoria, from November to January (Janse); two 

 specimens, 



Ceromitia stathmodes, sp. n. 



c5' • 14 mm. Head white, hairs of crown brownish between 

 antennee. Palpi short, slender, fuscous mixed with white. 

 Antennae whitish, with fuscous rings becoming indistinct towards 

 apex. Thorax whitish, shoulders fuscous. Abdomen rather dark 

 fuscous, apex pale ochreous. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, 



