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black, the former elongate elliptical, the latter irregularly rounded ; 

 jjostmedial line slight, black, with more prominent spot at costa, 

 bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, 

 some whitish and black striae beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 defined by brown suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 

 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian lolds ; 

 a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing grey suffused 

 with iuscous brown ; cilia brownish at base, white at tips ; the 

 underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, the costal area 

 darker, a small discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line excurved 

 to vein 4, then oblique. 



Eah. Natal, Charleston, 1 J type ; Cape Colony, Strydfonteia 

 (MoxJiam), 1 d • E.vp. 34 millim. 



Si'.CT. III. Antennse of male serrate, 



A. Fore wing with yellow discoidal bar pl:ioed on a blact 



spot melunoins. 



B. Fore wing witli white discoidal spot placed on a black 



streak Icucopis. 



C. Fore wing with white discoidal point on an ill-deiined 



fuscous spot iiepkrosiicfa, 



D. Fore wing witlioiit white or yellow discoidal mark. 



a. Fore wing with white annuliis to renift)r!ii. 



«i. Fore wing with black centre to reniform copicola.. 



h'. Fore wing with rufous centre to reniform rttfipwicta. 



b. Fore wing without white annulus to reniform. 



«'. Fore wing with the reniform defined by white 



points poliostroia. 



lA. Fore wing with the reniform not defined by white 

 points. 

 a.-. F'^ore wing with the reniform defined by black ... microtera. 

 I)-. Fore wing with the reniform rather darker than 

 the ground-colour and undefined. 

 «3. Fore wing with the subterminal line faintly 

 defined by fuscous on inner side. 

 a*. Fore wing tinged with purple and with rnfous 



spot on reniform tenebraia. 



h^. Fore wing not tinged with purple and without 



rufous spot on reniform expoliia. 



P. Fore wing with the subterminal line yellowish 

 defined on inner side by red-brown. 

 fA Fore wing with series of dark points beyond 



postmedial line externa. 



h"^. Fore wing without series of dark points 



beyond postmedial line cervina. 



c'. Fore wing with the reniform absent castaneipars. 



3917. Athetis melanopis, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 10.) 



S . Head and thorax black with a slight grey tinge ; pectus and 

 legs greyish mixed with brown and black ; the tarsi black ringed 

 Avith white ; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown. Fore 

 wing reddish brown suffused with black and glossed with purplish 

 grey ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa defined 



