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6518. Pardasena atripuncta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 27.) 



J. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with grey, the 

 palpi and Irons yellowish white ; aiitennge blackish ; back of head, 

 tegulse, base of patagia, and metathorax with pairs of black spots ; 

 abdomen with the small basal crest black at tips, ventral surface 

 white. Fore wing pale grey clouded with pale browu, the medial 

 area paler except at costa ; a black point at base of costa and subbasal 

 points below costa and cell ; an antemedial series of four black 

 points ; medial black points below costa and in submedian fold ; a 

 discoidal point and postmedial point above inner margin ; a ter- 

 minal series of rather triangular black points. Hind wing grey 

 suffused with brown ; the underside grey-white. 



Hab. Natal, Durban {Leigh), 1 cS type. Exp, 20millim. 



6519. Pardasena melanosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 28.) 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish grey, antennse 

 black ; metathorax with minute paired tufts of black scales ; 

 abdomen with the dorsal crest black at tips. Eore wing pale 

 brownish grey ; small subbasal black spots below costa and cell ; 

 an antemedial series of five small black spots, very oblique from 

 costa to submedian fold where it is angled outwards to near post- 

 medial line ; a postmedial series of slight black points and small 

 spots at discal fold and vein 1, oblique from costa to discal fold. 

 Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; the underside with an 

 ochreous tinge on costal area to beyond middle. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Teita (Jackson), 1 (S type. Exp. 16 

 millim. 



Genus APOTHRIPA. 



Type. 



Apothripa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 653 (1907) ... iphida. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd joint 

 reaching to middle of frous, the 3rd moderate ; fi-ons smooth with ridge of 

 scales above between antennse ; eyes large, round ; antennte of male minutely 

 ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibite 

 smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the 

 apex rounded, tbe termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3, 4 stalked ; 

 5 from just above angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 

 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 fully developed 

 from angle of cell ; (3, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell to 

 middle. 



A. Fore wing with bifid white spot at middle of terminal area. 



a. Fore wing with triangular white patch on middle of inner 



margin albonotata. 



b. Fore wing with white fascia on middle of inner margin ... binotaia. 



B. Fore wing without bifid white spot at middle of terminal area iphida. 



