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Ab. 1„ Fore wing much, more thickly irrorated with fuscous, the 

 markings obscured. 



IJah. Ek. E. A]?kica, Taveta (Rogers), 3 2 , Athi-ya-Mawe 

 (Betton), 1 c? type; Mashonaland (I>o66)!"e), 1 ($ ; Natal, Estcourt 

 {Hutchinson), 1 2 , Durban {Leigh), 1 S . Exp. 24-26 millim. 



3976. Athetis flavipuncta, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 11.) 



Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi with, the 2nd joint black 

 behind ; antennae black ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen 

 white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous white with slight 

 dark irroration ; subbasal line represented by slight black points on 

 josta and median nervure with a black point beyond them in cell ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, blackish, curved, with black point at 

 costa and angled inwards to black points on median nervure and 

 vein 1 ; orbicular an indistinct small round brown spot ; reniform 

 indistinct, fascous, constricted at middle, with orange spot on its 

 outer edge with white point above it and two below it ; postmedial 

 line indistinct, blackish, interrupted, with black point at costa, bent 

 outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to slight blackish 

 points on the veins, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line 

 yellowish defined on inner side by fuscous, slightly angled out- 

 wards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold ; the terminal area 

 tinged with fuscous ; a terminal series of black striae defined on 

 inner side by slight yellowish marks; cilia fuscous mixed with 

 grey and with slight grey line through them. Hind wang pure 

 white, the apical area tinged with brown ; a fine brown terminal 

 line; cilia tinged with brown at apex; the iinderside with the 

 costal area slightly tinged with yellow and irrorated wdth brown, a 

 small discoidal spot and terminal series of black stria?. 



Hah. Mashonaland, ^Vlisbury {Marshall, Bobbie), 3 c? , 2 $ 

 type. Exp. 28-30 miUim. 



3977. Athetis croceipuncta, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 12.) 



(^ . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey ; 

 palpi black, the extremity of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint in front 

 Avbite ; antennae black ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen 

 whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing greyish tinged with red- 

 brown; subbasal line represented by black points on costa and 

 below cell with a point beyond them in cell ; antemedial line fine, 

 blackish, with black point on costa, slightly angled outwards below 

 costa and in submedian fold and inwards on median nervure and 

 vein 1 ; orbicular a round brown spot, faintly defined by whitish ; 

 reniform defined by brown and with some white points round it and 

 orange point on outer edge, somewhat constricted at middle ; an 

 indistinct oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin; postmedial line fine, blackish, with black point at costa, 

 bent outwards below costa, then oblique, dentate and produced to 



